Intelligence agencies warned of ISI plot to create trouble in Punjab

October 21, 2015 10:47

Pakistan's intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence, could make an attempt to foment trouble in Punjab, Central intelligence agencies had warned at least a fortnight before the crisis over desecration of Sikh scriptures started.

Officials had sent a letter -- dated October 1 -- writing about an attempt by the ISI to send group of terrorists trained in Sikh manners and customs to create trouble in the state. But despite the advance information, protests seared Punjab over the acts of desecration, plunging the Akali-BJP government into the worst crisis of its nine-year rule.

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