error while opening file through a c++ program via bash script - c++

I have a c++ program which read and writes to a file. When i invoke it from bash shell such as ./modifyFile /path/to/file.abc.12.def, it works. But, if i do the same from a bash script such as show below:
#!/bin/bash
./modifyFile /path/to/file.abc.12.def
the c++ program is unable to open file. I print the filename, that is passed to the program and output is correct.
Infact, if i copy the filename which is printed by the c++ program and manually execute it on bash script such as ./modifyFile /path/to/file.abc.12.def, it works. So there are no user permissions issue either.
The c++ code, where file is not found is shown below
fstream aFile(filename.c_str(), fstream::ate | fstream::in | fstream::out);
if(!aFile)
{
cerr << "Unable to open file!" << endl; // this prints from bash script
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}

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