NEW DELHI - India's Defense Ministry Saturday denied a report that U.S. and British special forces were hunting for the world's most wanted man, Osama bin Laden, in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

A report in London's *** Daily Telegraph *** said that U.S. Delta force soldiers and British Special Air Service (SAS) troops had formed a 40-man operation in a bid to hunt down Bin Laden, who is suspected of masterminding the September 11 attacks.

"There is no truth in it... we strongly deny it," Defense Ministry spokesman P.K. Bandhopadhyay told.