No border encroachment, attack on Nepali people: Indian embassy

The Indian embassy in Kathmandu has refuted reports appearing in the Nepalis media that India has encroached upon Nepalis land and forcefully evicted Nepali people from their villages.

Issuing a statement Friday, the Indian embassy also said that India's border security force - the Seema Suraksha Bal - has not committed any atrocities against the Nepali people as has been reported.

The embassy said it cross-checked the facts with the concerned Indian authorities following border related reports appearing in the Nepali media and found the allegation of encroachment of Nepali territory and attack on the Nepali people by SSB personnel totally baseless.

The embassy further said it has not yet received any formal information on the Dang incident from the Nepali government and also confirmed that no border pillar has been shifted or tampered with.

"These baseless reports have been devised to shatter the cordial ties between Nepal and India," the release said.

Meanwhile, Indian ambassador Rakesh Sood met newly-appointed foreign minister Sujata Koirala today and voiced his concern over what he called baseless reports regarding incursion and encroachment of Nepalis land.

Emerging from the meeting, a visibly agitated Sood told journalists in his native Hindi that there has been no border encroachment or attack on Nepali people, and that reports claiming the same are meant to weaken the ties between the two countries. nepalnews.com June 06 09