Terror activities in Pakistan: DG ISPR last year gave proof of Indian involvement

ISLAMABAD: As the security agencies in their investigation have found that the terrorist racket who carried out June 23 car blast in Johar Town Lahore has footprints in India, Director General Inter Services Public Relations Major General Babar Iftikhar last year had given a dossier in which it was revealed that Pakistan had irrefutable evidence of Indian involvement in subversive activities in the country.

Addressing a press conference on November 14, 2020, along with Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi at the Foreign Office, the ISPR DG said that India was endeavouring to establish a consortium of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) with proscribed dissident organisations of Balochistan united under the banner of Baloch Raaji Aajoie Sangar (BRAS) constituted in 2018.

The dossier said that an Indian intelligence officer named Colonel Rajesh, employed at the Indian Embassy in Afghanistan, is the master planner and a letter in Dari revealed that he has held four meetings with commanders of terrorist organisations to synergise efforts and upscale terrorist activities in metropolitan cities including Karachi, Lahore and Peshawar.

DG ISPR Iftikhar said the Indian intelligence agencies are also trying to establish Daesh Pakistan. “Recently, 20 Indian Daesh militants were relocated from India to camps along the Pak-Afgan border. These militants were handed over to Daesh Commander Sheikh Abdul Rahim alias Abdul Rehman Muslim Dost.” Pakistan said evidence showed Indian embassies and consulates operating along Pakistan’s borders have become a hub of terror sponsorship against Pakistan.

The army spokesperson said Indian ambassadors in Afghanistan regularly supervise terrorist activities. He cited an incident where the ambassador and consular in Jalalabad held detailed discussions with collaborators to provide financial support to the TTP and dissident Baloch elements.

“RAW made two transactions to promote terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - both transactions were made through Indian banks. A sum of $28,000 was transferred through Punjab Bank India, and another amount of $55,851 was sent by an Indian national Manmeet via New Delhi to Afghanistan International Bank.

“A letter in Dari reflects that India paid $820,000 to TTP leadership through its collaborators,” said the DG ISPR.

The army spokesperson said India raised a militia of 700 people to undertake terrorism in Balochistan. “A commission comprising 24 members was created which included 10 RAW operatives. A sum of $60 million was dedicated for this force.”

He said Indian Embassy regularly pays handsome amounts to sub-nationalists under the garb of humanitarian assistance work.

“Confessional statements by Sarfraz Merchant and Tariq Mir revealed that Altaf Hussain Group (AHG) used to be funded by RAW through two Indian companies (JVGT and Paras Jewelry),” he said, adding that there was evidence of transactions worth $3.23 million.

He said India has been providing ammunition and weapons to AHG. A confession by Ajmal Pahari validated transfer of 620,000 weapons.