Unmasking RAW: Covert Operations, Suspicious Deaths, and Global Intrigue

There are reasons for RAW to be termed ‘dreaded’ after a series of suspicious deaths and killings of terrorists, separatists, and enemies who had long been involved in anti-India activities or responsible for unrest in India in some way or other. “See the list and count the numbers of such killings (or attempts), right from Pakistan to the UK, Canada, and even the US,” the ex-spy told EurAsian Times on the condition of anonymity.

Hardeep Singh Nijjar, Canada-based chief of the banned Khalistan Tiger Force (KTF), was shot dead outside a gurdwara in British Columbia (Canada) on June 19. Canadian law enforcement authorities are yet to arrest the perpetrators.

Canada has been in the news since recently for organizing Khalistan-related anti-India rallies. KTF has long been a votary of Khalistan, a separate nation on the basis of religion (Sikhism) to be carved out from India’s Punjab state (province). Punjab had suffered home-grown insurgency and Pakistan-sponsored terrorism for almost two decades, from the early 80s until the 90s.

Another Khalistan supporter and Chief of the banned Khalistan Liberation Force, Avtar Singh Khanda, died due to suspected poisoning in a hospital in UK’s Birmingham on June 16.

Known in the files of intelligence agencies as a ‘bomb expert,’ he was responsible for attacking and removing the tricolor from the Indian High Commission complex in London.

But what caused a flurry in the world of espionage and assassination when a Khalistani terrorist and chief of the banned Khalistan Commando Force, Paramjit Singh Panjwar, was shot dead in Pakistan on May 6 this year.

Does it mean RAW also has deep assets in enemy countries that an inimical element is being neutralized in sensational daylight murder?
The label was hung in an even larger font after each terror strike, culminating with the 26/11 Mumbai attack. India’s political and security establishments were caught asleep; the air force did not even have the coordinates of Pakistan terror camps to retaliate. We kept sending dossiers of Pakistan-sponsored terrorists, Pakistan kept crumpling those into paper balls and throwing them into a bin.
A former Indian ambassador has expressed deep concern about the “emerging media narrative” on the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Canada over the killing of pro-Khalistan activist Hardeep Singh Nijjar.
Talmiz Ahmad previously served as India's envoy to Saudi Arabia, Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He told Sputnik India that several news reports - as well as several prime-time debates on Indian television - have sought to convey the impression that Delhi's