<p>India's top counter-terrorism agency has uncovered a suspected plot by a banned militant group to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup, three senior Indian security officials told Reuters on Tuesday.</p>.<p>India will hand over a dossier to Bangladesh with details of the plan by members of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, which has carried out scores of attacks in India's eastern neighbour, the government and police officials said.</p>.<p>Bangladesh did not comment directly on the assertions that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had been the target of a plot, but said it had tightened security on the border with India.</p>.<p>The alleged conspiracy was discovered after two members of the group were killed in an explosion while building homemade bombs at a house in West Bengal earlier this month. Indian police say the militants were Bangladeshis and were using India as a safe haven to plan the attacks.</p>.<p>"The strategy was to hit the political leaders of the country and demolish the democratic infrastructure of Bangladesh," said a senior Home (interior) Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.</p>.<p>"This was all being planned on Indian soil and we could have been blamed if there was an attack."</p>
<p>India's top counter-terrorism agency has uncovered a suspected plot by a banned militant group to assassinate the prime minister of Bangladesh and carry out a coup, three senior Indian security officials told Reuters on Tuesday.</p>.<p>India will hand over a dossier to Bangladesh with details of the plan by members of the Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen, which has carried out scores of attacks in India's eastern neighbour, the government and police officials said.</p>.<p>Bangladesh did not comment directly on the assertions that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had been the target of a plot, but said it had tightened security on the border with India.</p>.<p>The alleged conspiracy was discovered after two members of the group were killed in an explosion while building homemade bombs at a house in West Bengal earlier this month. Indian police say the militants were Bangladeshis and were using India as a safe haven to plan the attacks.</p>.<p>"The strategy was to hit the political leaders of the country and demolish the democratic infrastructure of Bangladesh," said a senior Home (interior) Ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.</p>.<p>"This was all being planned on Indian soil and we could have been blamed if there was an attack."</p>