The high commission in a press release issued in Dhaka took exception also to the reported comments made by the director general of external publicity on Sunday defending the BDR chief's statements.

"This is totally inaccurate and grossly misleading. The director general (DG) of the BSF had firmly refuted all such allegations during the talks," the high commission said, referring to the recent meetings in New Delhi between the border chiefs of India and Bangladesh.

It also pointed out that the government of India in its press release on September 30 "already rejected these allegations as baseless and scurrilous, regretting that these have been made against a friendly country, particularly after the useful and constructive talks."

The high commission reiterated that "in the interest of friendship and good relations between our two countries, it would be useful to directly discuss and clarify doubts or allegations rather than through the media."

Referring to BDR director general's allegation that the Indian Involvement was based on the reported arrest of an "Indian national" Giyasuddin in Satkhria, the release said after such reports in Bangladeshi media, the high commission on September 6 sought credible inputs and also consular access from the government about his identity.

"Regretfully, there has been no response from the Bangladeshi authorities concerned till date," it said.

Earlier on Sunday, the foreign ministry spokesman said that a section of Indian press "distorted and twisted" BDR chief's comment that 'some Indian criminals might have been involved' in the August 17 serial bomb blasts in Bangladesh.

"What he said to the press in India was also officially recorded at the DG-level BDRBSF meeting that 'some Indian criminals might have been involved' in the August 17 bomb blasts," Director General of External Publicity Zahirul Haque told newsmen at the foreign ministry.