New Delhi, July 17 -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh has confirmed today, July 17, that the property in Mymensingh that is being demolished has no links to noted filmmaker Satyajit Ray or his grandfather, eminent litterateur Upendra Kishor Ray Chowdhury. Amid controversy over reports that Bangladeshi authorities were set to demolish a "landmark" building in Mymensingh - with India even offering to help restore it - the Bangladesh government has cited archival records to clarify that the property in fact belonged to a local zamindar, Shashikant Acharya Chowdhury.

In a statement, Bangladesh's foreign ministry said, "Detailed inquiry into the archival records re-confirmed that the house in question never had any relation with...