Nepal, Aug. 28 -- Nepali authorities have dismissed Indian intelligence claims that members of the Pakistan-based terrorist group Jaish-e-Mohammed infiltrated Bihar through Nepal.

The Bihar Police on Wednesday issued a statewide high alert based on intelligence inputs that three members of Jaish-e-Mohammed had crossed into Bihar via the Nepal border. Nepal and India share an open border, which sometimes allows even criminal elements to cross freely.

A high-level source at the Department of Immigration (DoI), however, told Republica that the individuals described in Indian media reports had entered Nepal around two weeks ago via airways, but all of them left for Malaysia about a week ago. Nepal and Pakistan do not have direct air connect...