'Trashy ruminations of a convicted criminal': MEA rubbishes reference to PM Modi's 2017 Israel visit in Epstein files

The Ministry of External Affairs on Saturday (January 31, 2026) dismissed the references made to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Israel in 2017 in an email that is purportedly part of the recently released Epstein Files. The MEA dubbed the reference as the trashy ruminations of a convicted criminal.

“We have seen reports of an email message from the so-called Epstein files that has a reference to the Prime Minister and his visit to Israel. Beyond the fact of the Prime Minister’s official visit to Israel in July 2017, the rest of the allusions in the email are little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal, which deserve to be dismissed with the utmost contempt,” MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.

Earlier, the Congress party had sought to raise the issue of the Prime Minister being named in a purported email that is part of the documents released from the Epstein estate