Of cross-border infiltration

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It's an open and shut case of espionage, cross-border terrorism and sabotage as Kulbhushan Jadhav lingers in Pakistan's imprisonment. The former Indian naval officer, with a pseudonym on his travel documents, was arrested nine years ago on this day (March 3, 2016) from Pakistan's Balochistan province, and subsequently confessed to his unending list of crimes.

Since then, it's a pity that the international community is silent and has failed to take on India for its extraterritorial designs. Though Kulbhushan's case came up for trial at The Hague, the international jurists too were found perplexed in charting a roadmap of relevance and legality.

Perhaps, this has come to haunt with more terrorism plots from New Delhi that was found instrumental in the killing of Sikh separatist leaders in Canada and similar high-profile meddling in the US.

Kulbhushan, the condemned prisoner, sits at the tip of the iceberg of terror fissure whose epic centre is manned and executed by RAW, India's premier intelligence agency. This is no allegation as the Canadian PM and officials of the US Department of Defense are on record blaming India for trigger-happiness in their respective countries.

Last but not least, The Economist and The Guardian, reputed newspapers, have filtered through a plethora of investigative stories to confirm accusations against India of killing more than 20 people inside Pakistan. This charge incidentally is accepted in audacity by Indian authorities too who believe in coercion and intimidation as a policy tool.

Pakistan has been a victim of terrorism for decades, and its neighbours on the east and west have a hand in it. Sleeper cells run and financed by India, apart from influx of unscrupulous elements from Afghanistan in cahoots with BLA, TTP and the likes, have come to bleed Pakistan.

A think tank, PIPS, has documented that there has been an alarming rise in terrorism in the year 2024, with 95% of the incidents concentrated in the restive provinces of K-P and Balochistan. The least that is expected of the global community is to keep a check on Kabul and Delhi, to ensure that terrorist outfits and Kulbhushans do not go scot-free.