RAW agent captured from Balochistan: provincial minister

QUETTA: Security agencies have captured an agent of India's top spy agency from Balochistan, a provincial minister said on Thursday, in the latest evidence of Islamabad's claim that neighbouring country is actively trying to destabilize Pakistan.

In a media statement here today, Balochistan Home Minister Mir Sarfaraz Bugti said that the captured agent is an active Indian serviceman who was active in Balochistan with an aim to destabilise Pakistan.

According to sources, the man was arrested by a Pakistan’s intelligence agency in Balochistan three days ago and he was later shifted to Islamabad for investigation.

The arrested agent of RAW had contacts with separatist groups operating in Balochistan, the sources said, adding that he is a commander in the Indian Navy.

Bugti congratulated the country's intelligence forces on the high-level capture.

He declined to give further details about the identity of the captured Indian agent or where in Balochistan he was arrested from. "What is important is that he is a serving RAW agent and he has been captured from Balcohistan.”

“We have always maintained that India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) has been involved (in creating unrest) in Balochistan,” said the provincial minister.

He said that the apprehended agent is being further investigated.