Key Points
- CTD busts RAW-backed terror cell in Pakistan
- Six operatives arrested, arms seized
- RAW handler Sanjay Kumar recruited Pakistanis abroad through Gulf networks
In the theatre of South Asia’s fragile security landscape, few revelations strike as sharply as the recent success of Pakistan’s CTD. With federal backing, the CTD unraveled a RAW-sponsored network operating inside Pakistan, arresting six operatives, confiscating arms, and unearthing a grim tale of foreign interference. This was not merely the story of a foiled terror plot; it was the unmasking of India’s strategic design to wage a covert war against Pakistan by cultivating local recruits abroad, funding them through hidden channels, and steering them toward targeted violence at home. For decades, Islamabad has warned of New Delhi’s hand behind unrest within Pakistan, and once again, the evidence has surfaced with clarity too stark to dismiss.
The network uncovered by Pakistan’s CTD was run by Sanjay Kumar, a RAW handler who targeted Pakistanis working in Gulf countries to carry out India’s plans. By exploiting their financial needs and political frustrations, Kumar created a proxy force, instructing them to carry out assassinations and sabotage on Pakistani soil. Offshore accounts became the financial bloodstream of this operation, allowing funds to move discreetly across borders and evade scrutiny. The most chilling evidence of this campaign was the murder of Abdul Rehman, a 45-year-old social worker in Badin, whose community work was cut short at RAW’s behest. His killing was not random violence; it was a deliberate strike ordered by a foreign intelligence agency intent on breeding fear and instability within Pakistan’s society.
The murder itself was shocking, but the way Indian media responded was even worse. Instead of condemning the act, many outlets openly highlighted and celebrated it, showing that this was not just a random crime but part of a bigger agenda. This reaction proves how closely India’s media and state policy are linked. This was not the voice of free journalism but of orchestrated propaganda, carefully synchronized with the agenda of those pulling strings in New Delhi. When killings in Pakistan are celebrated across the border, it confirms not only complicity but also intent, leaving little room for India to claim moral high ground in its international posturing.
The Joint Investigation Team’s findings further stripped away the façade of deniability. Links were traced directly to banned outfits such as the Sindh Revolutionary Army, proving how RAW cultivates peripheral insurgents to disguise its own footprint. The SRA has long been suspected of receiving foreign sponsorship, and this case revealed the depth of those suspicions. By providing financial lifelines and logistical guidance to fringe militant groups, India has sought to ignite separatist sentiments in Sindh, much as it previously attempted in Balochistan. This is the classic playbook of proxy warfare: use locals as disposable assets while keeping the sponsor’s hands ostensibly clean.
Pakistan’s success in dismantling this cell is not merely a tactical victory but a demonstration of institutional resilience. The CTD, often working quietly in the shadows, has once again shown its ability to penetrate foreign-backed conspiracies and protect citizens from externally orchestrated violence. Intelligence work is rarely glamorous; it is patient, meticulous, and often unrecognized. Yet, in this case, the arrests, the seized arms, and the hard evidence pieced together are testimony to Pakistan’s unmatched capability in unmasking threats that many countries would struggle to even detect.
The wider implications are troubling for India’s international image. For years, New Delhi has sought to brand itself as a victim of terrorism, cultivating Western sympathy and lobbying for diplomatic leverage. But cases like this expose the duplicity of that narrative. India is not simply a victim; it is an architect of destabilization, its footprints visible from Karachi to Kabul, from Sindh to Canada. The assassination plots abroad, the disinformation campaigns in the West, and now the uncovered terror cell within Pakistan collectively form a damning dossier that shatters the myth of India’s innocence. The world can no longer afford to view New Delhi’s accusations as unchallenged truths when its own intelligence agencies are caught red-handed sponsoring bloodshed.
Ultimately, this episode reaffirms what Pakistan has long maintained: the greatest threat to its internal stability is not homegrown discontent alone but the deliberate interference of a hostile neighbor using covert means. For Pakistan’s citizens, the arrests bring relief, but they also underscore the magnitude of the challenge ahead. Vigilance, intelligence cooperation, and diplomatic resolve will be required to continuously counter such incursions. As the CTD has proven, Pakistan is not defenceless against these plots; it is equipped, determined, and unyielding. India may weave intricate conspiracies, but time and again, its designs collapse under the weight of their own exposure. The story of this dismantled cell is therefore not just a tale of espionage and terror it is a reminder that truth, resilience, and national security remain Pakistan’s strongest shields against the shadows cast from across the border.
