Several Indians including retired colonel arrested for involvement in illegal activities in Zimbabwe
Harare: Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), a sensitive agency of Zimbabwe, has arrested several Indians, including a retired Colonel Sidhu Sarup Singh, for involvement in illegal activities.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the retired colonel and others were arrested for their involvement in the illegal trade of arms, medicine, gold and lithium. These people were arrested during a crackdown. Sidhu Sarup Singh has been associated with Armed Indian Special Forces Unit
(AISFU).
Media reports said that hundreds of former AISFU officers, including Sidhu, have entered Zimbabwe posing as investors and tourists who are now looting the country’s resources through illegal trade practices.
It is being told that the Zimbabwean authorities have caught an Indian retired colonel and others red-handed while distributing unlicensed drugs manufactured in India, which are causing grave danger to people’s lives.
According to reports, the Zimbabwean authorities have also deported 11 Indians in the last two weeks for their involvement in illegal activities, while 19 more will be deported soon.
The Central Intelligence Organization of Zimbabwe has also identified an Indian businessman, Ashok Jain, who is said to be the leader of illegal Indian business activities in Zimbabwe.
The arrest of the Indian (Retd) colonel and others has raised questions about an armed special forces unit of the Indian Army operating in Zimbabwe’s gold and chemical sectors, where the unit has unfettered access to raw materials.
This Indian unit is stationed in the war-torn region of Cabo Delgado in Mozambique, where the Zimbabwean government is fighting rebels.
