Ravindr Kaushik was a former RAW (Indian Intelligence Services) agent who was caught and jailed in Pakistan where he eventually took his last breath.
He was a famous theatre artist which was witnessed by some of the RAW official's. He was contacted and offered a job of being an undercover agent of India in Pakistan.
He was given extensive training in Delhi for two years. He underwent circumcision so he could pass as a muslim. He was taught urdu, given religious education and acquainted with the topography and other details about Pakistan.
In 1975, he was sent to Pakistan and given the name Nabi Ahmed Shakir.
He got into the Pakistan army as a civilian clerk and later on in military account's department. He converted himself to Islam and married a local girl Amanat, daughter of a tailor in one of the army units, and became father to a son.
From 1979 to 1983, while in jobs associated with the military, he passed on valuable information to RAW which was of great help to the Indian defense forces.
In September 1983, Indian intelligence agencies had sent a low level operative, Inyat Masih, to get in touch with Kaushik. But the agent was caught by Pakistan's intelligence agencies and revealed Kaushik's true identity. His cover was blown due to no fault of his own. He was caught only because Indian intelligence agencies did not maintain proper cut offs which are normally exercised by intelligence agencies.
He was disowned by RAW and the Indian authorities after being caught, as is the norm with under cover agent.
Kaushik was then captured, and tortured for two years at an interrogation centre in Sialkot. He was given the death sentence in the year 1985. His sentence was later commuted to a life term by the Pakistan Supreme court.
Kaushik was kept in various jails for 16 years, where he contracted Asthma and TB. He managed to secretly send some letters to his family in India, which revealed his poor health condition and the trauma faced by him in Pakistani jails.
On 26 July 1999, he succumbed to Pulmonary Tuberculosis and heart disease in New Central Jail Multan. He was buried behind that jail.
He was a famous theatre artist which was witnessed by some of the RAW official's. He was contacted and offered a job of being an undercover agent of India in Pakistan.
He was given extensive training in Delhi for two years. He underwent circumcision so he could pass as a muslim. He was taught urdu, given religious education and acquainted with the topography and other details about Pakistan.
In 1975, he was sent to Pakistan and given the name Nabi Ahmed Shakir.
He got into the Pakistan army as a civilian clerk and later on in military account's department. He converted himself to Islam and married a local girl Amanat, daughter of a tailor in one of the army units, and became father to a son.
From 1979 to 1983, while in jobs associated with the military, he passed on valuable information to RAW which was of great help to the Indian defense forces.
In September 1983, Indian intelligence agencies had sent a low level operative, Inyat Masih, to get in touch with Kaushik. But the agent was caught by Pakistan's intelligence agencies and revealed Kaushik's true identity. His cover was blown due to no fault of his own. He was caught only because Indian intelligence agencies did not maintain proper cut offs which are normally exercised by intelligence agencies.
He was disowned by RAW and the Indian authorities after being caught, as is the norm with under cover agent.
Kaushik was then captured, and tortured for two years at an interrogation centre in Sialkot. He was given the death sentence in the year 1985. His sentence was later commuted to a life term by the Pakistan Supreme court.
Kaushik was kept in various jails for 16 years, where he contracted Asthma and TB. He managed to secretly send some letters to his family in India, which revealed his poor health condition and the trauma faced by him in Pakistani jails.
On 26 July 1999, he succumbed to Pulmonary Tuberculosis and heart disease in New Central Jail Multan. He was buried behind that jail.
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