APF issued a statement Sunday to refuting the news after Basnet was dragged into a controversy after he told Sajhasabal program of BBC World Trust that APF "has not found evidence" to substantiate the Indian allegation. [break]
“The reports were distorted,” APF said in the rebuttal. “He [Basnet] had said that he read news and there was no evidence when he was asked about Indian claim that Nepali Maoists gave training to Indian Maoists.”
APF further said that Basnet had further added that “it was not his job to say whether the Indian allegation was right or wrong”.
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