Pak Army upgrading ISIs North wing to spread militancy across India: Paper

Contrary to Islamabads claims of doing its best in the global war on terror, the Pakistan Army is said to have upgraded the north wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to ISI India-Bangladesh in order to spread militancy across India.

Jammu, Sept 17 : Contrary to Islamabad's claims of doing its best in the global war on terror, the Pakistan Army is said to have upgraded the north wing of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to 'ISI India-Bangladesh' in order to spread militancy across India.

The result of this upgrading was evident from recent blasts at Hyderabad and involvement of a Manipur youth in militancy-related activity in Jammu and Kashmir.

According to a Daily Excelsior report, the intelligence network of Bangladesh has also started working for the ISI, which was revealed by the arrested Manipur militant during his interrogation.

The report said that a recently arrested Pakistani militant, Zaffar Iqbal of the Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), revealed during his interrogation that the ISI has created 'Agents of Influence' and 'sleeper cells' to boost their propaganda machinery and project the "cause of militants" in India.

Zaffar was quoted as saying that the ISI has created a "special fund" of Rs.50 crore for disbursement among 'Agents of Influence' and sleeper cells not only in Jammu and Kashmir, but other important Indian cities as well.

Sources said the 'Agents of Influence' had been assigned the task of stepping-up the propaganda machinery in support of militants and to campaign against security forces by raising the bogey of human rights violations.

According to Zaffar's statement, the ISI has increased the number of such agents as they carry considerable influence in society. It is for this purpose, that the ISI has kept a huge amount at the disposal of militants for disbursement among 'Agents of Influence,' the report claimed.

ANI