India, June 18 -- IPO-bound Reliance Jio has rejected the allegations that it is intentionally blocking access to online messaging platform Telegram even for users outside of India.

On Wednesday, Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov alleged that Reliance Jio was sabotaging access to Telegram for "millions of users" residing outside India, including in the UAE, through a method called BGP hijacking.

However, Jio has clarified that the telecom provider was not involved in any such incident. "Jio continues to operate its network in accordance with global Internet routing best practices and the highest standards of reliability, security, and transparency," it said in a post on X.

Durov, in his post, alleged that Jio failed to act on report...