The leading newspaper of Sri Lanka, Daily Mirror, in its editorial has criticised the role the Indian intelligence agency (RAW) is playing in the regional countries to destabilise them. The editorial has specially referred to Pakistan.
It said: “Among its (RAW’s) most ambitious operations that are currently underway, is the move to separate Balochistan province from Pakistan by supporting (the) Balochistan Liberation Army.”
The newspaper wrote: “It certainly is a monumental task for the informed Sri Lankan or for that matter anyone in the neighbourhood of India to keep a straight face when talking about the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) in India.”
It said that formed in 1968, the predatory operations carried out by this external intelligence agency of India in the neighbouring countries were perhaps the best example as to how the country bullied its neighbours.
Commenting on the RAW’s role in Sri Lanka, it said: “The RAW in Sri Lanka has a pretty colourful record. Having raised, nursed and fortified the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, it later went through phases where it adopted “rock the baby, pinch the baby” approach towards the LTTE.”
While many thought the assassination of former Indian premier Rajiv Gandhi would have hardened the approach of the RAW towards the LTTE, it really did not happen that way, it wrote.
“While New Delhi was shattered by the death of Nehru’s grandson, the less emotional RAW moved on with rest of operation,” it said.
The newspaper wrote: “In 2007, ripples were created in the spy agency when one of its Colombo-based officers, Ravi Nair of 1975 batch, was found allegedly carrying on an affair with a woman working for another country’s spy agency.
‘ The “crime” was considered only second to what was committed by the RAW Joint Secretary, Rabinder Singh, in 2004 when he escaped with copies of several highly-confidential documents and is believed to have passed them on to the CIA. This was after Singh’s superiors confronted him with evidence that he had spent time with a Delhi-based female US embassy officer at a resort down (the) New Delhi-Jaipur highway.”
The newspaper said the incident really rocked the RAW and forced it to go for several reforms, which included tougher counter-check measures on its officers.
Following the embarrassment caused by Ravi Nair in Colombo, the RAW recalled the officer and made it a point to post a lady officer to Colombo, probably thinking that was the best way to discourage other countries, it wrote.
Reports that the RAW was out to create mischief in the backdrop of the recent military victories by the Sri Lankan troops surfaced days after media reports that Pottu Amman, who was pulled up by Prabhakaran over the recent debacles, had slipped off to India, the daily wrote.
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the matter is not how important is balochitan for Pakistan, the matter is how important is Pakistan for Balochistan, and i think Pakistan has proved itself worthless for the people of Balochista.
on the other hand we indians are just fed-up of that covert psedo war imposed on us by Pakistan. we cant drop missiles of worth millions on terrorist training camps made up of tents of few dollars.
so the solution is TIT for TAT, enjoy it.
@ kashif
This is bloody game have no rules. What Pakistan [ ISI ] did in Punjab and Kashmir…now India is doing out there. Damage is deep, because if Baluchistan gets separated- then US military base will be there [ I think ] because they they will be having aids…for base.
Then India too will come closer to Pakistan from both ends because Afghans love and like India and Indian suport. I think there are few options which can be explored…
1. China enters in scene and everyone involved will be sitting tight. We may be having third world war startups here.
2. Pakistan talks directly to India and both can kick out USA. This can be done with ease, only confidence bulding and mutual terms to setup.
3. Pakistan keep on watching and ISI tries hard not to let it happen- even by pushing it’s own army in Blauchistan. This will involve Pak army in doemstic handling-which further will week them and also muslim will be killing muslim…although innocent blood !!
This is tough world to live in….
kashif
Being a Indian, it is tough to see other side but this is TIT for TAT policy and India managed to do much server damage than PAK could do in proxy war.
I live in North- and I know that PAK did support KHALISTAN movement for good 10 years. PAK is directly involved in Kashmir too. This hate race had not produced anything good for either INDIA or PAKISTAN. Common man of both counries have suffered and now we both have come to the stage where other people are playing with, including our own.
I still think that PAK was better in army rule and Mush was better than commission agent as PM. Where is these billion dollar aids going in ?
Obama sir is not aiding PAK to uplift schools and hospitals in remote areas. They are paying PAK to get his people killed…because they themselves can not tollerate bodybags coming IN from PAK and AFGHANISTAN.
If India is really doing it, then its should have the whole hearted support of every Indian. All political parties should arrive at a consensus and support the Baluci moevment.
Jai Hind
its is enough evidence about involvement of india in pakistan specially in baluchistan and N,W,F,P.then why the world is shouting on terrrorism are pakistanis,.why indians not sees this