India, Dec. 21 -- The killing of former Pakistan police officer Chaudhary Aslam Khan in a suicide bombing in Karachi on 9 January 2014 has returned to public focus following his portrayal in the recent film Dhurandhar by actor Sanjay Dutt. Fresh accounts from former militant and security insiders now reinforce long-standing claims that the assassination was an internally planned operation by Pakistan-based jihadist groups, rather than a foreign-sponsored attack as the Pakistan military had claimed in 2017 while attributing his death to Indian intelligence.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, who was a prominent figure within Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan at the time and served as one of its principal spokespersons, told this correspondent after the film's re...