Pakistan airs video statement of alleged Indian spy

Pakistani officials on Tuesday aired a video of an alleged Indian spy agent who was arrested last week in southwestern Balochistan province.

The man Kul Boshan Yadev, in a seven-minute video statement, said he was a"serving Indian Navy officer working for the Indian intelligence agency RAW."

The video was released at a joint press conference by Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid and the military spokesman, Lt. General Asim Saleem Bajwa in Islamabad.

The military spokesman said that the Indian national was tasked to"destabilize Pakistan, create unrest, sponsor terrorism and separatism in Balochistan."

Gen Bajwa said Yadav is a serving Indian naval officer converted to Islam and worked at a scrap dealer, adding that he was on a mission to interfere and create unrest in Balochistan and Karachi.

He said the Indian national was running jewelry business in the Iranian port city of Chahbahar.

"The security agencies have recovered Balochistan's maps, American and Iranian currency from Yadav who had set up a network of operatives, supplying arms, providing funds and smuggling people for terrorism in the country,"he said.

Bajwa claimed that Yadav was handled by the RAW chief, the Indian National Security Adviser and another senior RAW officer.

Indian officials had earlier said Yadav was a former Indian navy official but the government has no links with him. The Indian authorities had sought counselor access to him. Enditem