Editing Research and Analysis Wing (section)

====United Kingdom====

During the 1980s, R&AW launched an extensive operation in London to neutralise UK-based Pakistani national Abdul Khan, who had played an instrumental role in sheltering extremists and planning attacks in India.<ref name="The New Indian Express">{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2020/Aug/02/raw-a-history-of-indias-covert-operations-showcases-indias-shadow-warriors-2176989.html|title=R&AW: A History of India's Covert Operations' showcases India's shadow warriors|date=2 August 2020|publisher=The New Indian Express|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=20 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920033749/https://www.newindianexpress.com/magazine/2020/aug/02/raw-a-history-of-indias-covert-operations-showcases-indias-shadow-warriors-2176989.amp|url-status=live}}</ref>

Since the suppression and defeat of [[Insurgency in Punjab|Khalistani insurgency]] in the late 1990s, R&AW has greatly expanded its informant network inside Khalistani circles and associations in the UK. Wanted Khalistanis like Paramjeet Singh Pamma and Kuldeep Singh Chaheru&nbsp;have been living in UK since they fled in 1992, thus necessitating increased R&AW presence.{{according to whom|date=November 2021}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/know-all-about-the-2-prominent-khalistani-extremists-who-led-anti-india-rally-in-london-amid-farmers-protest-in-india-1747912-2020-12-09|title=Know all about the 2 prominent 'Khalistani extremists' who led anti-India rally in London amid farmers' protest in India|date=9 December 2020|publisher=India Today|access-date=10 October 2023|archive-date=20 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920035415/https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/know-all-about-the-2-prominent-khalistani-extremists-who-led-anti-india-rally-in-london-amid-farmers-protest-in-india-1747912-2020-12-09|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="The New Indian Express"/>

On 15 June 2023, Avtar Singh Khanda, the UK-based chief of the [[Khalistan Liberation Force]] (KLF) was suddenly admitted to the hospital with a case of blood cancer, and later died. His followers in the UK believe that Indian intelligence had him poisoned and are demanding the full medical report.<ref>{{Cite web |title=UK-based Khalistan Liberation Force chief on life support in London, poisoning suspected |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/khalistan-liberation-force-chief-avtar-singh-khanda-poisoned-life-support-at-hospital-in-london-2393179-2023-06-15 |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=India Today |date=15 June 2023 |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630210703/https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/khalistan-liberation-force-chief-avtar-singh-khanda-poisoned-life-support-at-hospital-in-london-2393179-2023-06-15 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-15 |title=Amritpal Singh's close aide Avtar Singh Khanda dies in UK |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/amritpal-singhs-close-aide-and-khalistan-sympathiser-avtar-singh-khanda-dies-in-uk-11686802631976.html |access-date=2023-06-30 |website=mint |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630210703/https://www.livemint.com/news/india/amritpal-singhs-close-aide-and-khalistan-sympathiser-avtar-singh-khanda-dies-in-uk-11686802631976.html |url-status=live }}</ref>