India denies halting UK trade talks over Khalistani issue: Reports

India on Monday reportedly termed the reports suggesting India has "disengaged" from trade talks with Britain for failing to condemn the Sikh extremist group that attacked the Indian High Commission last month as "baseless".

The United Kingdom (UK) has also officially denied any such suggestion and said that "mutually beneficial" Free Trade Agreement is on track.

"Both the UK and India are committed to delivering an ambitious and mutually beneficial FTA and concluded the latest round of trade talks last month," a spokesperson of the UK's Department for Business and Trade was quoted by NDTV.

Citing sources on Monday, The Times reported that India has "disengaged" from trade talks with the UK over the recent Khalistani attacks.

A few weeks earlier, union commerce minister Piyush Goyal had said that free trade deal would proceed as planned.

"Indian don't want to talk about trade untill they get a very public demonstration of condemnation of Khalistan extremism in the UK," a Whitehall source told The Times.

Recently, Khalistani supporters had attacked Indian High Commission in London. They took down the Indian flag from the building's first-floor balcony. The Indian Ministry in a statement issued sought an explanation for the "absence of security" at the High Commission premises.