Intelligence agencies have exposed an Indian plan to stage a false flag operation in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), involving Pakistani prisoners, according to a report citing security sources.

 

The development follows the decoding of what officials described as secret communications pointing to preparations for a staged incident. Security sources said that the plan involved using Pakistani prisoners to create a situation that could be linked to Pakistan.

 

The report quoted sources as saying that the plan included releasing Pakistani prisoners and directing them towards border areas in IIOJK. “The intention was to use them for a staged incident,” they said.

 

They further stated that the objective was to attribute the incident to Pakistan and build grounds for escalation along the border, adding that such a move could be used to justify action against Pakistan and engage its armed forces along the eastern border.

 

The development comes amid unprecedented tensions between Pakistan and India in recent months ever since cross-border clashes in May 2025 when India launched an attack over the killing of tourists in Pahalgam.

 

New Delhi claimed the terrorists who killed 26 tourists were Pakistani nationals, a claim Islamabad rejected while calling for a neutral investigation.

 

India followed the accusations with missile strikes inside Pakistan to which Islamabad responded by downing seven Indian fighter jets, including three Rafale aircraft. Hundreds of Indian drones were intercepted and Pakistan also destroyed an S-400 air defence system while targeting more than 20 Indian military sites in retaliatory action.

 

The conflict ended on May 10 after a ceasefire agreement brokered by the United States (US).