India, Aug. 2 -- The Indian government has rejected a British parliamentary report that named it among countries engaged in "transnational repression" in the UK.

Reacting to the report, Indian Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote: "We have seen the references to India in the report and categorically reject these baseless allegations."

Jaiswal said the deliberate reliance on discredited sources calls into question the credibility of the report itself.

The report was published by the British Parliament's Joint Committee on Human Rights.

The report listed India among several nations like China, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Bahrain, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates that are al...