GENEVA, Apt 05 (APP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s office ordered the assassination of individuals in neighbouring Pakistan, according to a report in The Guardian quoting Indian and Pakistani intelligence operatives.<\/p>\n
The British newspaper said that the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), an agency that is directly controlled by PM Modi\u2019s office, had undertaken the strategy to \u201celiminate (alleged) terrorists living on foreign soil\u201d.<\/p>\n
The accounts, according to the report, gives further weight to allegations that New Delhi has implemented a policy of targeting those it considers hostile to India. While the new allegations refer to individuals charged with serious and violent terror offences, India has also been accused publicly by Canada of involvement in the murders of dissident figures including a Sikh activist in Canada and of a botched assassination attempt on another Sikh leader in the United States last year.<\/p>\n
The fresh claims relate to almost 20 killings since 2020, carried out by unknown gunmen in Pakistan, The Guardian pointed out, noting this is the first time Indian intelligence personnel have discussed the alleged operations in Pakistan, and detailed documentation has been seen alleging Raw\u2019s direct involvement in the assassinations.<\/p>\n
According to Pakistani investigators, these deaths were orchestrated by Indian intelligence sleeper-cells mostly operating out of the United Arab Emirates. The rise in killings in 2023 was credited to the increased activity of these cells, which are accused of paying millions of rupees to local criminals or poor Pakistanis to carry out the assassinations. Indian agents also allegedly recruited \u2018jihadists\u2019 to carry out the shootings, making them believe they were killing \u201cinfidels\u201d, the report said.<\/p>\n
This was the case in the killing of Sikh leader in Pakistan, Paramjit Singh Panjwar, who was shot dead in Lahore in May.<\/p>\n
The Indian foreign intelligence agency changed its strategy to assassinate potential threats after the 2019 Pulwama attack, which was claimed by Jaish-e-Mohammed group, The Guardian reported quoting Indian officials.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter Pulwama, the approach changed to target the elements outside the country before they are able to launch an attack or create any disturbance,\u201d an Indian intelligence operative told the Guardian. \u201cWe could not stop the attacks because ultimately their safe havens were in Pakistan, so we had to get to the source.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Sikh leader\u2019s killing in Lahore was before the United States and Canada made similar allegations against India. The United States has said that it foiled an alleged plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun on American soil last year.<\/p>\n
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had told his Parliament in September last year that his country\u2019s intelligence agencies were pursuing \u201ccredible allegations\u201d linking agents of the Indian government to the killing of another Sikh leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar.<\/p>\n
In January this year, Pakistan had said that it had \u201ccredible evidence\u201d linking \u201cIndian agents\u201d to the assassination of two of its nationals, Shahid Latif and Riyaz Ahmad.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, India\u2019s external affairs ministry has denied all the allegations made in the Guardian\u2019s report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
GENEVA, Apt 05 (APP): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s office ordered the assassination of individuals in neighbouring Pakistan, according to a report in The Guardian quoting Indian and Pakistani intelligence operatives. The British newspaper said that the Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), an agency that […]<\/p>\n
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