India accused of targeted killings in Pakistan, Report alleges link to PM Modi's office
Guardian report says that the India's foreign intelligence agency allegedly began to carry out assassinations abroad as part of an emboldened approach to national security after 2019. Notably, this is the third time India has been accused of assasinating, or attempting to assassinate individuals in foreign sol. Earlier Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had claimed that there was credible allegation against India, in the killing of Khalistani separatist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Later the United States had also claimed that they had thwarted an assasination attempt on another Khalistani separatist Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. In May 2023, Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar was shot dead by unrecognised assailants in Pakistan's Lahore. Reports had said, Panjwar, one of the most wanted terrorist, was pumped with bullets fired from a 30 calibre pistol as he took his morning constitutional at Johar Town in Lahore along with his gunman.
In June 2023, Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar was killed on ‘Canadian soil’. The Guardian report concentrates on killings in Pakistan, which it accounts are over 20 since the year 2020. While India has previously been unofficially linked to the deaths, this is the first time Indian intelligence personnel have discussed the alleged operations in Pakistan, and detailed documentation has been seen alleging Raw’s direct involvement in the assassinations.
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