Hyderabad, Feb. 16 -- City-based businessman Ravi Mantha, who also reportedly helped Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his 2014 electoral campaign, was among high-profile people who met convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

According to the files released by the US Justice Department, Mantha not only corresponded with Epstein, but also seemingly met him. However, nothing on record indicates any criminal activity.

A trail of emails reveals that Mantha, who translated "A Journey: Poems by Narendra Modi," directly wrote to Epstein and also contacted him through his office. Emails from late 2017 show that Mantha, in fact, met Jeffrey Epstein that year and discussed treatments.

In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to sex trafficking mino...