Dhaka, Nov. 11 -- Foreign Advisor Touhid Hossain has rejected reports by Indian media that Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistan-based international terrorist group, is planning attacks on India using Bangladeshi territory.

On Tuesday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Dhaka, he said there is no reason to trust the claims circulating in the media.

He added that "no sensible person" would accept the report, describing it as an attempt to shift blame onto Bangladesh.

The Times of India report, based on so-called intelligence sources, claimed that Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed was preparing Bangladesh as a new launchpad for attacks on India.

The report referred to a video from a rally held in Khairpur Tamewali, Pakistan, on Oct 30, in which...