India slams Pakistan for 'peddling false anti-India propaganda' over deaths in country
India MEA official spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal
India on Thursday (Jan 25) slammed claimsmade by a Pakistani official of India having had a role in the killing of two Pakistani citizens in the country as "anti-India propaganda".
"We have seen media reports regarding certain remarks by Pakistan Foreign Secretary. It is Pakistan’s latest attempt at peddling false and malicious anti-India propaganda. As the world knows, Pakistan has long been the epicentre of terrorism, organised crime, and illegal transnational activities," external affairs ministry Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said.
“India and many other countries have publicly warned Pakistan, cautioning that it would be consumed by its own culture of terror and violence. Pakistan will reap what it sows. To blame others for its own misdeeds can neither be a justification nor a solution,” he added.
Pakistan foreign secretary's claims
The Indian foreign ministry spokesperson made the comments after Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi claimed to have "credible evidence" linking what he called "Indian agents" and the killings of two Pakistani citizens.
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"We have confirmed evidence that two Pakistani citizens were killed by India. Confirmed links of the killer to India have been found," he claimed at a press conference.
“Indian agents used technology and safe havens on foreign soil to commit assassinations in Pakistan. They recruited, financed, and supported criminals, terrorists, and unsuspecting civilians to play defined roles in these assassinations,” Qazi alleged.
He referred to one Shahid Latif’s killing, claiming that a detailed investigation revealed that an "Indian agent" based in a third country "orchestrated the assassination.”
He also claimed that a labourer was "sent to Pakistan to carry out the assassination.”
Pakistan silent on terror links of those who were killed
Terror group Jaish-e-Mohammedchief Masood Azhar's key aide Shahid Latif, who was the mastermind of the 2016 attack on the Indian Air Force base in Pathankot, was killed on October 11, 2023, in a mosque in Sialkot in Punjab province.
It is not clear if the Pakistani official was referring to the same person.
A second claim made by Qazi involved the killing of one Muhammad Riaz in Rawalakot.
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On September 8, 2023, Riyaz Ahmad alias Abu Qasim, affiliated with the proscribed Lashkar-e-Taiba terror outfit andone of the main conspirators ofthe Dhangri terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on January 1, 2023 was shot dead by unidentified gunmen inside the Al-Qudus mosque during pre-dawn prayers in the Rawalakot area in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir.
In his remarks, however, Qazi was silent about the terror links of the second person mentioned in his claims.
At this point, therefore, it cannot be independently ascertained if he was speaking about the same people.
(With inputs from agencies)