The Center dismisses a report on targeted killings in Pakistan, labeling it as “propaganda against India.”
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has refuted claims made in a report by the UK-based daily The Guardian claiming India was planning murders in Pakistan in an effort to eradicate terrorists abroad. The accusations were denied by the External Affairs Ministry, which called them “false and malicious anti-India propaganda.” The story included a remark from S Jaishankar, the Minister of External Affairs, who had previously said that the “government of India’s policy” was not to target assassinations in other nations.
According to the UK-based tabloid, after the Pulwama attack in 2019, the Indian intelligence agency RAW has carried out up to 20 similar killings. The study also said that it is based on interviews with intelligence officials on both sides of the border as well as evidence supplied by Pakistan.
According to the report, which cited intelligence officers, New Delhi took its cues from the Russian KGB and the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad—both of which have been connected to extrajudicial killings abroad and the 2018 murder of Saudi dissident and writer Jamal Khashoggi.
The study claims that documentation pertaining to some of the executions that could not be independently confirmed have been supplied by Pakistani officials.
