MEA trashes as 'fake' Pakistani journo's claim that Indian passport officer is RAW agent

New Delhi, March 28 -- The Ministry of External Affairs today trashed as fake a social media post by a Pakistani 'journalist' alleging that a Regional Passport Officer in Bengaluru is a "RAW agent" and involved in the Jaffer Express hijacking in Balochistan.

The MEA spokesperson said on X that "Ajit John Joshua is RPO Bengaluru. The following tweets are fake".

The Pakistani anchor-journalist Sadia Khalid from Lahore posted the photo of Ajit Joshua on her X handle and cited intelligence sources as saying that "Indian #RAW agent Ajit John Joshua has been proven to be behind the Jaffer Express tragedy!"

She went on to claim that Ajit Joshua "known as an ambassador, is currently planning terrorism in Balochistan from a country near #Pakistan...