KARACHI: Police on Thursday claimed to have arrested an alleged RAW-trained militant in the city. “Police and personnel of sensitive institution carried out a joint action in Ittehad Town and detained the suspect, Mansoor Ali alias Aneel,” said Keamari SSP Fida Husain Janwari.

“The held suspect is affiliated with banned Sindh Revolutionary Army, which is being supported by Indian agency, RAW,” claimed the senior officer. “RAW is involved [in] spreading terror in Pakistan through SRA whose head, Asghar Shah is in contact with the hostile agency.”

The SRA’s motive was to target CPEC and personnel of law enforcement agencies, believed the Keamari SSP.

The police claimed to have recovered one kilogram of explosive material, land mine and arms from his custody.

According to a police statement, of recent the hostile foreign agency was acting indirectly by using those persons of impressionable age who can be easily influenced and persons who were “greedy”.

“Since some time, a group by using name of Sindhi sub-nationalist parties has been carrying out sabotage activities in cities of Sindh whose leader is Asghar Shah.” As per information of intelligence agencies, Shah had fled the country and was in touch with RAW.

“Asghar Shah provides targets and arms and explosives to the terrorists in the country at [the] behest of his masters and he has also support of Baloch sub-nationalist groups. For all these activities, RAW is providing funds,” it was stated.

Published in Dawn, January 15th, 2021