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In the recent past a number of declared terror orgainisation commanders and handlers who were on the most wanted list of Indian security agencies, were assassin@ted in different parts of the world including Canada, Europe, and Pakistan.
So who is assassin@ting these terr0rists? Let’s find out
The Canada Saga
The Canadian Prime Minister's announcement that there are “credible allegations" that Indian Government agents were linked with the death of Khalistani separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar on ‘Canadian soil’ led to a major political spat between the two countries.
Notably, In May 2023, Khalistan Commando Force (KCF) chief Paramjit Singh Panjwar was shot de@d by unrecognised assailants in Pakistan's Lahore.
The most recent one
One of India's most wanted terrorists Shahid Latif on was shot de@d on Wednesday by unknown gunmen in Pakistan's Sialkot. Latif was wanted by the National Investigative Agency (NIA) in an Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) case.
He was a senior leader of the terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), which took the responsibility for the 2016 attack on the air force base in Pathankot.
Shot Dead in PoK
Rayaz Ahmed, alias Abu Qasim, one of the most wanted Lashkar terr0rists, orchestrated several terror attacks in India, including the horrific Dhangri terror assault in Rajouri district last January.
He was shot de@d in PoK’s Rawalkot by unidentified assailants on September 8th.
The No. 1 among India’s Most Wanted
From the IC-814 hijacking to the Parliament attack, Pathankot airbase attack, and the Pulwama bombing, one name consistently emerges – Maulana Masood Azhar, the founder of Jaish-e-Mohammad(JeM), a Pakistan-based designated terror group.
Azhar reportedly found refuge in a madrasa in Peshawar after the Balakot air strikes on JeM terror camps and just two months later, an explosion took place there and he narrowly escaped with his life. Since then, he has remained invisible to the public eye.
The question remains, Who?
Bashir Ahmad Peer, a commander of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terror outfit, responsible for recruitment and infiltration of armed terr0rists in Jammu and Kashmir, also met a tragic end.
Peer, along with his boss Syed Salahuddin, operated with impunity for years under the protection of the Pakistani state. But earlier this year, Peer was shot de@d at point-blank range.
A closer look at a similar trend
Al-Badr's commander Syed Khalid Raza and Jaish-e-Mohammad's Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, one of the hijackers of Indian Airlines IC 184, were shot de@d in separate attacks in Karachi.
Even outside of Pakistan, the shadows seem to follow. Lal Mohammad, a suspected ISI operative involved in counterfeit Indian currency, was chased and shot on the outskirts of Kathmandu in Nepal last year.
Bottomline
Now the question is whether these cases are isolated incidents or part of a larger pattern.
Pakistan's interior ministry has blamed India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) for these incidents.
However, intelligence experts in New Delhi have vehemently rejected these claims, emphasizing that RAW does not engage in assassinations.
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