{"id":27807,"date":"2019-03-05T15:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-03-05T15:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/03\/05\/pakistan-indian-sub-spied-in-territorial-waters\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:13:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:13:40","slug":"pakistan-indian-sub-spied-in-territorial-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/03\/05\/pakistan-indian-sub-spied-in-territorial-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: Indian sub spied in territorial waters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ISLAMABAD \u2014 Pakistan\u2019s Interior Ministry<\/a> said Tuesday that authorities arrested dozens of suspects in the wake of last month\u2019s suicide bombing in Indian-controlled Kashmir that killed 40 Indian troops, including the brother of the leader of the outlawed Jaish-e-Mohammad<\/a> militant group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The arrests were apparently aimed at easing tensions between Pakistan and India that escalated after the Feb. 14 suicide attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Tuesday\u2019s statement, the ministry said authorities arrested 44 suspects, including at least two prominent members of the outlawed militant group, which claimed responsibility for the attack that pushed the neighboring countries close to an all-out war over contested Kashmir last week. Among those arrested was Mufti Abdul Rauf, the brother of the group\u2019s leader, Masood Azhar<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the ministry, Rauf was among a list of suspects in a file on last month’s bombing that India gave to Pakistan over the weekend through diplomatic channels, urging Islamabad to take action against suspects linked to the killing of its soldiers in the region, which is split between Pakistan and India and is claimed by both in its entirety.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also detained was Hammad Azhar, the brother-in-law of Masood Azhar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At a news conference Pakistan Interior Secretary Azam Suleman Khan said Pakistan will take further action against suspects linked to the attack in Indian Kashmir if New Delhi provides additional evidence to Islamabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“So far India has not given evidence,” he said. “We received only some names” in connection with the suicide attack. He said the 44 suspects detained across the country belonged to a number of groups, not just Jaish-e-Mohammad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday’s arrests were announced hours after Pakistan’s navy claimed that it spotted and warned an Indian submarine approaching its territorial waters in the Arabian Sea not to attempt an incursion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The navy said in a statement that the Indian submarine wasn’t targeted, “keeping in view Pakistan’s policy of peace” under which Islamabad wants to de-escalate tensions with New Delhi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A navy official said the warning was “communicated” to the submarine during Monday’s encounter. The submarine then moved away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The official didn\u2019t elaborate and spoke on condition of anonymity to talk to reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\t