United News of Bangladesh

India on Friday firmly rejected any insinuation of wrongdoing after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name appeared in a reference contained in newly released files from the United States Department of Justice related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Responding to media reports, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said an email cited in the so-called Epstein files mentioned the Prime Minister only in connection with his official visit to Israel in July 2017. He stressed that apart from that fact, the rest of the claims were unfounded and should be treated with complete contempt. Modi’s 2017 trip was historic, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Israel since the two countries established full diplomatic relations in 1992, reports NDTV. The clarification came hours after the US Justice Department made public a massive new set of records linked to Epstein, as part of renewed disclosures aimed at revealing what authorities knew about his crimes and his contacts with powerful figures. Deputy US Attorney General Todd Blanche said the latest release includes more than three million pages of documents, over 2,000 videos and around 180,000 images. Officials noted that some of the material had been withheld from an initial release in December. The disclosures are being made under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, passed following sustained political and public pressure. The law mandates the release of government records not only on Epstein but also on his longtime associate and former partner Ghislaine Maxwell. Nepal receives 2nd tranche of election-related assistance from India Epstein was found dead in a New York jail in August 2019, about a month after being charged with federal sex trafficking offences. Authorities later ruled his death a suicide.