NEW DELHI – New Delhi rejected the allegations levelled by a seniorPakistan police official against India in connection with the November 2018terrorist attack on the Chinese Consulate in Karachi.
“We have seen statements in Pakistani media attributed to the Police chiefof Karachi making false allegations against India for the terrorist attackon the Chinese Consulate in Karachi in November 2018. We completely rejectthese fabricated and scurrilous attempts to levy accusations on India,”said the Minister of External Affairs in a statement on Friday.
“Instead of maliciously pointing fingers at others for such terroristincidents, Pakistan needs to look inwards and undertake credible actionagainst support to terrorism and terror infrastructure in its territories,”it added.
Earlier in the day, Karachi police chief Amir Sheikh accused Indianintelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) of being involved inthe November terrorist attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi, reportednews agency *PTI*.
Three terrorists had tried to storm the consulate in the city’s poshClifton area but security forces foiled their attempt by killing all ofthem in a gunbattle. Two police officials and two visa applicants died inthe incident.
Pakistan police later arrested five persons, suspected to be associatedwith the Baloch Liberation Army, a Balochistan-based group which hadclaimed responsibility for the attack at the time. They had claimed theattack was carried out to “sabotage” the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC).
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At a press conference, Sheikh alleged that attack was planned inAfghanistan and executed with the help of India’s RAW.
“The aim was to sabotage the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and createthe impression in China that Karachi is not safe,” he said.
New Delhi, on the contrary, had strongly condemned the terror attack on theChinese consulate.
