, Feb. 1 -- India on Friday firmly rejected any insinuation of wrongdoing after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's name appeared in a reference contained in newly released files from the United States Department of Justice related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein.

Responding to media reports, External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said an email cited in the so-called Epstein files mentioned the Prime Minister only in connection with his official visit to Israel in July 2017.

He stressed that apart from that fact, the rest of the claims were unfounded and should be treated with complete contempt.

Modi's 2017 trip was historic, marking the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister to Israel since the two countries establi...