India, Oct. 3 -- The external affairs ministry on Friday dismissed as "false and baseless" a senior Bangladeshi official's claim that India was involved in violent clashes in the neighbouring country, and said the interim government in Dhaka should instead conduct serious investigations into the activities of local extremists.

After violent clashes between two tribal groups and Bengali-speaking people at Khagrachhari district in Chittagong Hill Tracts in southwestern Bangladesh left three people dead and dozens injured last weekend, de-facto home minister Jahangir Alam Chowdhury alleged on Monday that the unrest was being instigated by India or fascist elements.

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal responded to Chowdhu...