Amit Shah reacts to report of India's hand in targeted killings in Pakistan: "What's the problem?"
20 Apr 2024 11:30:21
New Delhi, April 20: After Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah reacted to The Guardian report claiming that Modi govt and Indian intel agencies were involved in the 20 targeted killings of terrorists in Pakistan. He said, "Whoever did the killings, what is the problem?"
In an exclusive interview with India Today, Amit Shah was asked about the report in The Guardian which said India carried out targeted assassinations in Pakistan. He replied, "Whoever did it, why anyone has a problem with it?"
Further, he said, "The agency will do their jobs, why should we interfere in it. Who killed them, how they got killed, and why they were killed; why should we intervene in it."
What did the Guardian report claim?
The Guardian had published a report claiming that Indian intelligence agencies had killed about 20 people in Pakistan since 2020 as part of a broader plan to eliminate terrorists residing on foreign soil. According to The Guardian report, documents shared by some Pakistani investigators indicated India's intelligence agency, RAW (Research and Analysis Wing) allegedly carried out 20 such targeted killings on foreign soil as part of an emboldened approach to national security after the 2019 Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir, which killed 40 Indian soldiers.
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Rajnath Singh reacts
Earlier, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh also reacted to it saying that India will enter Pakistan to eliminate anyone who escapes over the border after carrying out terrorist activities in the country.
"If terrorists from the neighbouring country try to disturb the peace in Bharat or try to carry out terror activities in Bharat, we will give them a befitting reply. (Koi bhi terrorist hamare parosi desh se yadi hamare Bharat ko disturb karneki koshish karega, yahan par yadi atankbadi harkate karega, toh uska muh tod jawab denge)," Rajnath Singh told CNN News 18 when asked about The Guardian report.