Dhaka: Bangladesh has denied Indian charge of the existence of terrorist camps within its territory, terming it as "baseless", according to a media report.

"The government of Prime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia after a thorough and detailed investigation has intimated Delhi that there was no truth to the charge made by India," vernacular newspaper 'The Daily Jugantor' said on December 24.

Quoting officials, it said "the door is open for any diplomat to verify what the government insists (that there is no terrorist camp). This is for the first time that investigations were carried out separately by various agencies of the government including Bangladesh Rifles (BDR), Directorate General of Forces Intelligence (DGFI), NSIMI (intelligence agencies) and the Home Ministry and that Indian allegations were found to be baseless."

"We gave topmost priority to Indian allegations and several agencies investigated the matter," Bangladesh Rifle's DG major general Rezzakul Haider told the paper.

Haider, who led border talks between the two countries in Delhi in October, said, "When the list (of the terrorist camps) was handed to us, we stated at that time that there was no basis of such allegation."

Save Cox Bazaar and Tangail, all the other eight Bangladeshi districts which have been described by India to house terrorist camps border Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.

PTI