Pakistan Sentences Three Under Secrets Law Over Alleged RAW Ties
Officials frame the verdicts as evidence of a yearslong campaign built on online lures with digital payments.
Overview
- Security agencies said they arrested three people accused of working for India’s external spy agency RAW, with courts issuing sentences under Pakistan’s Official Secrets Act.
- Investigators said the suspects described recruitment over social media with offers of money or romantic contact in return for sensitive information.
- Authorities reported that payments moved through Easypaisa mobile wallets, cryptocurrency wallets, or standard bank accounts.
- The government account identifies the men as residents of Narowal, Bahawalpur, and District Neelum in Azad Kashmir.
- Officials presented the verdicts as part of a pattern that includes the 2025 sentencing of an Indian national named Usman and Pakistan’s 2016 arrest of Kulbhushan Jadhav.