New Delhi: Exiled Baloch dissident leader Brahamdagh Bugti, who has been at the forefront of the Baloch movement against Pakistan, on Monday said in Geneva he will soon apply for asylum in India.
He also said his Baloch Republican Party has decided to approach the International Criminal Court against Pakistani army generals who have committed heinous human rights abuses in the restive Pakistani province.
Government sources in New Delhi had recently said they have “no such information” on Bugti’s move to seek asylum in India. Bugti, the grandson of Baloch nationalist leader Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti who was killed by Pakistani forces ten years ago, said he will file the asylum application to the Indian government through the country’s embassy in Switzerland soon.
"We have decided to formally file asylum papers to the Indian Government soon.
We will follow the legal process for the application," the Baloch dissident was quoted by news agencies as telling reporters in Geneva. Bugti is currently living in exile in Switzerland.
