In the new pages of the Epstein files released by the U.S. Department of Justice, photos of Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri alone with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are going viral.
Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy man in the United States, was arrested in 2019 on charges of sexually exploiting girls. He was imprisoned as punishment, and died under mysterious circumstances.
In this situation, demands grew in the United States for the public release of emails Epstein exchanged with various people, shared videos, photographs, investigation reports, and other materials.
Following sustained pressure, the U.S. Congress passed the “Epstein Files Transparency Act” last November, and the Epstein files have been released in stages by the U.S. Department of Justice.
In the Epstein files, sexual allegations were raised against various world leaders, including U.S. President Donald Trump.
Likewise, the Epstein files included the names of Indians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister and then foreign affairs official Hardeep Singh Puri, and industrialist Anil Ambani. Information such as Hardeep Singh Puri meeting Epstein in person and corresponding with him by email was also disclosed in the Epstein files. Responding last February to questions raised by the opposition on this matter, Hardeep Singh Puri said, “When I was part of the delegation for international peace, I met Epstein 3 or 4 times with that group. People in public life meet a wide range of people. Some of them may also have criminal backgrounds.”New photos
In the new pages released by the U.S. Department of Justice, some photos have emerged showing Hardeep Singh Puri meeting with Epstein alone.
In this situation, Hardeep Singh Puri said that he met Epstein with a delegation, but the opposition is questioning where the other members are in the two photos.

In a post released by Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate, she asked, "What do these photographs mean, given that Puri has said he never met Epstein alone?"
In addition, the U.S. Department of Justice has released photographs of Epstein with some women. It is also being discussed online that the room in those photos and the room where Hardeep Singh Puri met Epstein are the same room.

In this regard, the opposition parties have demanded that Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri provide an explanation.
