'Trashy ruminations of a convicted criminal': MEA rubbishes reference to PM Modi in Epstein files

NEW DELHI: The ministry of outer affairs connected Saturday refuted the claims made connected Prime Minister Narendra Modi's sojourn to Israel successful 2017 successful the recently released documents connected precocious convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.The ministry, successful a statement, dubbed the references arsenic "trashy ruminations of a convicted criminal", saying that the claims indispensable beryllium "dismissed with the utmost contempt.""We person seen reports of an email connection from the alleged Epstein files that has a notation to the Prime Minister and his sojourn to Israel," the ministry said."Beyond the information of the Prime Minister's authoritative sojourn to Israel successful July 2017, the remainder of the allusions successful the email are small much than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal, which merit to beryllium dismissed with the utmost contempt," the ministry added.This comes aft the US section of justness connected Friday released a large batch of investigative worldly linked to precocious financier and convicted enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein, making nationalist much than 3 cardinal pages of records on with implicit 2,000 videos and astir 180,000 images.Announcing the disclosures astatine a quality conference, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the merchandise fulfils a transparency mandate passed by Congress past year.

"Today's merchandise marks the extremity of a precise broad papers recognition and reappraisal process to guarantee transparency to the American radical and compliance with the act," Blanche said.Epstein died by termination successful a New York jailhouse compartment successful August 2019, a period aft being indicted connected national enactment trafficking charges. He had earlier served 13 months successful custody successful Florida pursuing a arguable plea woody successful 2008.