Arrested man retired Navy officer, not RAW agent: India

New Delhi

Kul Yadav Bhushan, described by Pakistan as a Commander-rank officer of the Indian Navy working for intelligence agency RAW, was arrested on Thursday reportedly from Chaman area of the restive province of Balochistan. He has been shifted to Islamabad for interrogation. Pakistan summoned Indian High Commissioner Gautam Bambawale to lodge its protest over “subversive activities” of an alleged RAW officer. “The Indian High Commissioner was summoned by the Foreign Secretary on Friday and through a demarche conveyed our protest and deep concern on the illegal entry into Pakistan by a RAW officer and his involvement in subversive activities in Balochistan and Karachi,” the Pakistan Foreign Office said in a statement. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson in Delhi Vikas Swarup said the matter was raised by Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary with the Indian High Commissioner in Islamabad. “The said individual has no link with Government since his premature retirement from the Indian Navy,” he said