GENEVA: The office of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ordered the killing of people in neighboring Pakistan.
The Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), which is directly controlled by the Prime Minister’s Office, has adopted a strategy to “eliminate terrorists living abroad,” according to a British newspaper.
According to the report, it is suspected that New Delhi has implemented a policy of targeting people who are considered enemies of India. Although the new indictment involves people accused of serious and violent terrorist crimes, India has been accused by Canada of killing dissidents and attempting to kill Sikh activists in Canada and other Sikh leaders in the United States. Last year.
The new claims are linked to nearly 20 killings by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan since 2020. murder.
According to Pakistani investigators, his death was organized by an Indian intelligence cell that operates mainly in the UnitedArab Emirates. The report said Indian agents also hired “jihadis” to carry out the shooting, believing they were killing “infidels”.
This comes after Pakistani Sikh leader Paramjit Singh Panjwar was shot dead in Lahore in May.
The Guardian, said Indian officials, have changed their strategy to kill potential threats after the 2019 Pulwama attack.
“After Pulwama, the approach has changed to target elements outside the country before they launch attacks or cause unrest,” he said. “We cannot stop the attacks, and as a result, the safe places are in Pakistan, so we have to reach the source.”
The killing of the Sikh leader in Lahore came before the US and Canada made similar allegations against India. The United States says it foiled a plot to assassinate Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannu on American soil last year.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told parliament last September that his country’s intelligence agency was pursuing “credible allegations” linking Indian government officials to the killing of another Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
In January this year, Pakistan said it had “credible evidence” linking “Indian agents” to the killing of two of its citizens, Shahid Latif and Riyaz Ahmad.
Meanwhile, India’s Ministry of External Affairs has denied all the allegations in the Guardian report.