The Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka has refuted media reports of India facilitating Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's exit from the country as ‘baseless’ and ‘speculative’. Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives early Wednesday amid economic crisis and escalating violence in the island nation. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe is to be sworn in as the caretaker President on Wednesday until a new President is elected by parliament on July 20 after nominations for the post takes place on July 19.