3 RAW operatives targetting CPEC, Chinese engineers held in PoK, claims Pakistan media

All the 3 suspects were produced before media persons at a briefing by senior Pakistan police officials in Rawalakot, the headquarters of Poonch division

By: ANI News Agency |
April 15, 2017 2:07 pm

Pakistan’s Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) Police on Friday claimed to have arrested three suspected agents of India’s Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) who were allegedly involved in anti-state activities, including the bombing of a police station in the town of Abbaspur on September 27, 2016.

According to the report published in the Express Tribune, ‘the group’s target were Chinese engineers, sensitive installations and China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC).

While addressing a press conference, Chaudhry Sajjad, Deputy Inspector-General (DIG) of Rawalakot, said that the three terrorists were RAW operatives.

Sajjad further asserted, “the Indian spy agency had assigned them new targets such as the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Rawalakot, CPEC projects, Chinese engineers and sensitive installations in Azad Kashmir.”

Pakistan claims three RAW agents have been arrested in PoK. (Source: Pak media)

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“The same group was behind the attack on the Abbaspur police station in 2016. The police station was damaged by an improvised explosive device (IED),” he added.

They were identified as Mohammad Khalil, Imtiaz and Rashid, all residents of Taroti village in Abbaspur, The Dawn reports.

Two of the suspects are in their mid-thirties and the third is in his mid-twenties, police officials said.

According to Sajid Imran, deputy superintendent of police (DSP) in Poonch, Khalil was the main suspect.

During preliminary investigations, Khalil disclosed that he had crossed the Line of Control (LoC) about 14 or 15 times, from different parts of Abbaspur sector, over the last two years, while his accomplices also confessed to crossing the LoC five to six times, as reported by The Dawn.

The news follows the conviction and sentencing of alleged Indian spy Kulbhushan Jadav earlier this week.

Jadhav was tried for alleged espionage and sabotage by a Field General Court Martial and handed the death sentence for his involvement in various anti-state activities.