NEW DELHI, Aug 9: India has urged Nepal to investigate possible links between a Nepalese media group and New Delhi's most-wanted fugitive, who also appears on a US list of terrorists, and freeze the firm's assets under a U.N. mandate.

Indian foreign ministry spokesman Navtej Sarna referred reporters to a story in India's Hindustan Times daily on Monday that said the Indian embassy in Kathmandu had passed on credible information that crime boss Dawood Ibrahim had a stake in Nepal's Space Time Network.

Information about links between Dawood Ibrahim and the Kathmandu-based media group were given by New Delhi as part of an "ongoing cooperation with Nepal on issues related to terrorism", Mr Sarna said. -Reuters