Dhaka, May 6 -- Allegations by the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) that Bangladesh's interim government has targeted 640 journalists, are a wildly misleading piece of disinformation, said the Chief Adviser's press wing through its fact-checking wing on Tuesday.

Since the Bangladeshis overthrew the brutal and corrupt regime of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, many journalists perceived to have been linked to the regime have come under pressure from various quarters, it said, UNB reports.

Many have faced legal charges made possible by the flaws in the justice system deliberately created by the Awami League and now being corrected under the interim government, said the press wing.

It is entirely untrue that the interim government itse...