Epstein Mail Says Modi Took His Advice And “Danced In Israel”; “Trashy Ruminations,” Says India
New Delhi, February 1, 2026: A sensational email from the late Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted American sex offender, has sparked controversy in India after claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought his advice ahead of a 2017 visit to Israel. The message, part of the latest tranche of Epstein files released by US authorities, alleges Modi “danced and sang” during the trip “for the benefit of the US president” and declares: “IT WORKED!”
The email surfaced in the final cache of Epstein-related documents, mandated for release under a US law passed in November 2025. This batch includes three million pages, 2,000 videos, and 180,000 images, exposing the financier’s web of elite connections. Indian media outlets reported the claim on Saturday, prompting sharp reactions from the opposition Congress party and a swift rebuttal from the government.
Congress leader Pawan Khera, Chairman of the party’s Media and Publicity department, seized on the email to demand accountability. “It is a matter of national shame that Jeffrey Epstein—a convicted human trafficker, child sex offender and serial rapist from the USA—wrote that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi took his ‘advice and danced and sang in Israel for the benefit of the US president. They had met a few weeks ago. IT WORKED!'” Khera posted on social media, linking to what he described as a document on the US Department of Justice website.
Khera raised pointed questions: What advice did Modi take from Epstein? To whose benefit was the “singing and dancing” in Israel? And crucially, what “worked”? He argued the alleged proximity between India’s leader and the disgraced financier raises “serious questions of judgment, transparency, and diplomatic propriety,” tarnishing national dignity and international reputation.
The email references Modi’s historic July 2017 visit to Israel—the first by an Indian prime minister. During the trip, Modi met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to mark 25 years of diplomatic ties, established in 1992. A Ministry of External Affairs handout at the time highlighted strengthened bilateral relations in defence, agriculture, and technology. No public record mentions any meeting between Modi and Epstein, nor any performance for then-US President Donald Trump, who was in office at the time.
India’s government dismissed the claims outright. In a statement on 31 January 2026, the External Affairs Ministry’s Official Spokesperson said: “We have seen reports of an email message from the so-called Epstein files that has a reference to the Prime Minister and his visit to Israel. Beyond the fact of the Prime Minister’s official visit to Israel in July 2017, the rest of the allusions in the email are little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal, which deserve to be dismissed with the utmost contempt.”
