By Krishn Kaushik and Sanjeev Miglani NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighborhood: Pakistan, Sri ...
NS fans turn up for Crosby's homecoming | SaltWireNEW DELHI - India's external intelligence service is a feared foe in its neighborhood: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Nepal have all accused it of political meddling and involvement with outlawed groups that have perpetrated acts of violence.
Four officials said that RAW expanded its reach in Western nations gradually after 2008. One current official cited India's failure to secure the extradition of a U.S. citizen convicted of involvement in the Mumbai attack as a key motivation for RAW to increase its sway in the West. Fallout from the Vancouver incident has also raised concerns that RAW will come under greater global monitoring, Indian intelligence officials and analysts said.
Ottawa and Delhi have been in a diplomatic standoff since Trudeau made his allegations in public. India has suspended the issuance of new visas to Canadian citizens and demanded that Ottawa reduce its diplomatic presence. The United States, which gave India access to Headley, has denied he was a double agent. The American Embassy in Delhi did not return a request for comment.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation reported in 2020, citing government and intelligence sources, that the country's security services were monitoring the possibility of India and China using their diaspora to influence candidates in that year's federal election. The agency has been"super careful" about its operations in the West, said Levy. While RAW has arranged the movement of cash, weapons and men to other locations from Europe,"direct action was reserved for South Asia and Southeast Asia," he said.RAW operates from a drab office complex with no signage in central Delhi. Reuters was unable to determine specifics about the agency's operations, such as its budget and its size.
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