Bharat has strongly refuted Pakistan’s accusations of “extra-judicial killings”, labelling them as the latest in a series of false and malicious anti-Bharat propaganda attempts. Ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated Pakistan would face the repercussions of its own actions and blaming others for its misdeeds is neither a justification nor a solution.
The Indian Foreign Ministry emphasized Pakistan’s long-standing role as the epicenter of terrorism, organized crime, and illegal transnational activities. It noted Bharat, along with numerous other nations, has publicly cautioned Pakistan about the potential consequences of its culture of terror and violence.
“Pakistan will reap what it sows,” warned Jaiswal, responding to Pakistan’s claim of having “credible evidence” linking “Indian agents” to the assassination of two Pakistani terrorists associated with Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba in Sialkot and Rawalkot last year. Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi had alleged Bharat was conducting “extra-territorial and extra-judicial killings” within Pakistan.
On September 8, 2023, Riyaz Ahmad, alias Abu Qasim, a Lashkar-e-Taiba operative, was shot dead during pre-dawn prayers in Rawalakot. He was implicated in the Dhangri terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir on January 1, 2023.
Subsequently, on October 11, Shahid Latif, a key aide of Jaish-e-Mohammed’s chief Masood Azhar and the mastermind of the 2016 Pathankot attack, was killed at a mosque in Sialkot.
