An Indian spy comes in from the cold to rock Irans regional strategy

March 27, 2016 13:58

A genuine India-Pakistan spy thriller, a la Le Carre, could be finally unfolding, writes Rediff.com blogger M K Bhadrakumar in his latest blogpost.

The brawls involving spy agencies of India and Pakistan are crass encounters eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth. They are never riveting like a Le Carre thriller, he says.

On Thursday, Pakistan announced that it caught an Indian spy, a naval officer working for the R&AW, in the restive Baluchistan province, with an Indian passport in his pocket with Iranian visa stamp.

On Friday, Islamabad lodged a protest through diplomatic channels that New Delhi is promoting subversive activities on Pakistani soil.

On Saturday, Pakistani army chief General Raheel Sharif waded into the controversy and took up the matter with the visiting President of Iran Hassan Rouhani.

Read the full blogpost HERE.

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