Bangladesh denies involvement in India blasts

DHAKA, Sep 4 (Reuters) Bangladesh rejected today Indian reports linking Bangladeshi outfits to deadly bomb attacks in India's technology hub of Hyderabad in May and August.

Media reports in India yesterday said that Bangladeshi police had detained a man suspected of organising a bomb attack on a mosque in the Indian city in May and providing support for bombings in August in the same city.

''Both the print and electronic media in India are trying to portray Bangladesh as a hotbed of terrorism. Such reports are disturbing and clearly motivated,'' a statement from Bangladesh's Foreign Ministry said.

''... there have been no arrests in Bangladesh so far in this connection,'' the statement said.

India has a long and porous border with Bangladesh, and New Delhi believes Pakistani Islamist militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba works closely with HUJI, with a network of militants -- including Indian Muslims -- slipping across into India.

''It has become a habit of Indian officials to blame Bangladesh for every terrorist action in India,'' a foreign ministry official said.

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