Editing Research and Analysis Wing (section)

====Sri Lanka====
In the late 1980s, R&AW allegedly started funding and training [[LTTE]] to keep a check on [[Sri Lanka]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.niticentral.com/2013/08/25/madras-cafe-brings-back-memories-123664.html |title=Madras Cafe brings back memories &#124; Niti Central |access-date=2013-08-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130827022835/http://www.niticentral.com/2013/08/25/madras-cafe-brings-back-memories-123664.html |archive-date=27 August 2013 }} Madras Cafe brings back memories by [[Tavleen Singh]]</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2020}} which had helped Pakistan in the [[Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts|Indo-Pak War]] by allowing Pakistani ships to refuel at Sri Lankan ports. However, when LTTE created a lot of problems and complications for India, R&AW switched sides and started providing intelligence support to Sri Lanka. When Prime Minister of India [[Rajiv Gandhi]] was forced to send the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]] (IPKF) under [[Operation Pawan]] in 1987 to restore normalcy in the region. The disastrous mission of the IPKF was blamed by many on the lack of coordination between the IPKF and R&AW. Its most disastrous manifestation was the [[Jaffna University Helidrop|Heliborne assault on LTTE HQ]] in the [[Jaffna University]] campus in the opening stages of [[Operation Pawan]]. The dropping [[paratroopers]] became easy targets for the LTTE. A number of soldiers were killed. The [[assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]  ended India's involvement in Sri Lankan Civil war.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

In 2010, R&AW carried out a snatch operation in Sri Lanka, in which a top [[HuJI]] militant Sheikh Abdul Khawaja &ndash; handler of the [[26/11]] Mumbai terror attackers was captured and secretly taken away to India.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india/26-11-attacks-handler-arrested/story-YHnOhmpBbT7dL1uwp7yTbL.html|title=26/11 attacks handler arrested|date=18 January 2010|access-date=19 January 2010|publisher=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

In 2015, it was allegedly reported by the Sri Lankan newspaper [[The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)|The Sunday Times]], that R&AW had played a role in uniting the opposition, to bring about the defeat of [[Mahinda Rajapaksa]]. There had been growing concern in the Indian government, on the increasing influence of economic and military rival China in Sri Lankan affairs. Rajapaksa further upped the ante by allowing 2 Chinese submarines to dock in 2014, without informing India, in spite of a stand still agreement to this effect between India and Sri Lanka. The growing Chinese tilt of Rajapaksa was viewed by India with unease. Further, it was alleged, that R&AW's [[Station chief|Chief of Station]] in Colombo, helped coordination of talks within the opposition, and convincing former PM [[Ranil Wickremasinghe]] not to stand against Rajapaksa, but to choose a common opposition candidate, who had better chances of winning. The [[Station chief]] was also alleged to have been in touch with [[Chandrika Kumaratunga]], who played a key role in convincing [[Maithripala Sirisena]] to be the common candidate.<ref name=Chalmers-Miglani>{{cite news|last1=Chalmers|first1=John|last2=Miglani|first2=Sanjeev|title=Indian spy's role alleged in Sri Lankan president's election defeat|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-sri-lanka-election-india-insight-idUSKBN0KR03020150118|access-date=2 February 2015|work=Reuters|issue=US|date=17 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203032640/http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/18/us-sri-lanka-election-india-insight-idUSKBN0KR03020150118|archive-date=3 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> However these allegations were denied by the [[Government of India|Indian Government]]<ref name="HT">{{cite news|title=India denies RAW deal in Sri Lanka's recent elections|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/intel-agencies-deny-raw-official-s-hand-in-rajapaksa-s-defeat/article1-1308061.aspx|access-date=2 February 2015|issue=New Delhi|work=Hindustan Times|date=19 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130024310/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/intel-agencies-deny-raw-official-s-hand-in-rajapaksa-s-defeat/article1-1308061.aspx|archive-date=30 January 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and the [[Sri Lankan Foreign Minister]] [[Mangala Samaraweera]].<ref name=DM.LK>{{cite news|title=SL election won by the people, not by RAW-Mangala|url=http://www.dailymirror.lk/61561/sri-lankan-election-won-by-the-people-not-by-raw-mangala|access-date=2 February 2015|work=Daily Mirror|date=19 January 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150203032451/http://www.dailymirror.lk/61561/sri-lankan-election-won-by-the-people-not-by-raw-mangala|archive-date=3 February 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2018/11/03/spies-rule-the-roost.amp.html|title=Spies rule the roast|date=11 November 2018|publisher=The Week|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=20 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920041038/https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/2018/11/03/spies-rule-the-roost.amp.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

Before the [[2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings|2019 Easter bombings]], R&AW had issued precision intelligence warnings to its [[State Intelligence Service (Sri Lanka)|Sri Lankan counterpart]] about an impending terrorist attack. All of these warnings were based on [[Human intelligence (intelligence gathering)|HUMINT]] gathered by it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-sent-three-alerts-to-sri-lanka-before-attack/story-o4UxdS30demqRFwMRwxE2O.html|title=India's first alert sent to Lanka 17 days before deadly bombing, then 2 more|access-date=22 April 2019|publisher=Hindustan Times|archive-date=24 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424031058/https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-sent-three-alerts-to-sri-lanka-before-attack/story-o4UxdS30demqRFwMRwxE2O_amp.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/sri-lanka-bomb-blasts-precision-intelligence-warnings-on-colombo-were-ignored-documents-show-6496211.html/amp|title=Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Precision intelligence warnings on Colombo were ignored, documents show|access-date=22 April 2019|publisher=First Post|archive-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422195614/https://www.firstpost.com/world/sri-lanka-bomb-blasts-precision-intelligence-warnings-on-colombo-were-ignored-documents-show-6496211.html/amp|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2019, R&AW was also able to infiltrate [[People's Liberation Army|PLA]] [[Military communications|communication]] through the Chinese military to Sri Lanka. It was because of this that the post was vacant for nearly 8–9 months; the attache was called back after Chinese had learned of this infiltration.