ISLAMABAD, March 29 (APP): Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR)
Director Genral (DG) Lt Gen Asim Saleem Bajwa Tuesday said the capture
of a serving Indian Navy officer working as agent of Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW) was a big success and proof of Indian involvement
in sposoring terrorism in Pakistan, especially in Balochistan and
Karachi.
Kulbhushan Yadav was a serving Indian naval officer and his primary
mission was to carry out terrorism in Karachi and Balochistan, he said
while addressing a joint press conference along with Minister for Information, Broadcasting and National Heritage Pervaiz Rashid.
Lt Gen Bajwa said Kulbhushan’s arrest was a rare case. Such a case
did not happen very often. The arrest of a senior serving officer engaged
in performing spy missions was also a rare case, he added.
The detained Indian spy, he said, had himself confessed that there
was RAW’s involvement in Balochistan, which was nothing short of state-sponsored terrorism by India. “We have irrefutable evidence
to prove that Yadav is serving Indian naval officer.”
The ISPR DG said Kulbhushan, who pretended to be a converted
Muslim, was working at the coastal city of Gadani in Balochistan under
the cover of a scrap dealer.
Kulbhushan was caught red-handed by the country’s prestigious
intelligence agency – Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), which is well
known across the world for its professional working.
The press conference started with a six-mintue voluntary
confessional video statement of the nabbed RAW agent.
After getting prepared his doccuments, Kulbhushan shifted form
India to Chah Bihar in Iran a long ago and established a base there.
In the meantime he used to visit Pakistan and lure Baloch students to
carry out anti-national and other destabilizing activities by offering
huge funding.
Installations in coastal areas of Gawadar, Pasni, Jevani and other places in Balochistan were the target of the agent.
The aim of RAW officer was to disrupt future projects under the
China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), the ISPR DG said.
Lt Gen Bajwa said Yadav was either involved or had information
about many terror acts, including Mehran Base attack, bomb blast in
Gawadar, SSP Aslam Chauhadry’s murder, Tiger Force’s constitution and
Baloch nationalists’ terrorist activities.
He was given the task to attack a five-star hotel in Gwadar where
Chinese national were used to stay, he said.
Bajwa said Kulbhushan, who was working as a jeweller, was responsible for infiltration of 30 to 40 new RAW agents in to Pakistan. He was caught with maps and three different currencies.
Answering a question regarding Iran’s spy agency for facilitating
the Indian agent to reach Pakistan, the ISPR DG said it was never
stated that the Iranian Intelligence or government were involved in
that operation.
“I cannot claim Iran is involved but if their soil is used then
we request them not to allow such activities. Iran has seconded our
request that she will not let it happen.”
“Pakistan and Iran have been in communication at intelligence
agencies’ level and we have been sharing information with Iran.”
Referring to the meeting of Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General
Raheel Sharif with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, he stated the COAS
had referred the matter saying Iran should not let India to use her territory for subversive activties (against Pakistan).
The matter of fortifying the Pak-Iran border was also discussed
in the meeting, he added.
Replying to another question, the ISPR DG said intelligence-based
operations were being carried out in parts of the country and especially after the Lahore blast, five operations were carried out jointly by
intelligence agencies, Pakistan Army and Rangers.
Even at this very moment of the press conference, operations were
continuing in and around Rawalpindi and Multan, he added.
“Wherever there are terrorists, there will be an army operation,”
he said.