Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- The leaders of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) have alleged that Indian textile mills are dumping yarn and fabrics in the Bangladesh market to destroy the domestic textile industries.

They said that the Indian government is conspiring to destroy the textile sector in Bangladesh, under the guise of various types of subsidies and assistance to Indian factories.

BTMA President Shawkat Aziz Russell made this allegation at a special press conference organized at the Crystal Palace of the Gulshan Club in the capital on Monday.

Indian mills have emerged as a threat to the Bangladeshi industry through smuggling routes and land ports by selling yarn and fabrics at prices lower than the cost of production.

"If this...