GENEVA: Self-exiled Baloch leader Brahumdagh Bugti is likely to get asylum in India as negotiations between the Baloch leader and Indian authorities are underway to obtain an Indian passport.
Indian media reports said that Bugti will soon seek asylum in the Indian embassy of Geneva. A 16-member delegation from the outlawed Baloch Republican Party (BPR) has called for a meeting in Geneva between September 18 and September 19 to decide on Brahumdagh Bugti’s asylum in India
“India has agreed to grant citizenship to Bugti and his key aides. Just like Dalai Lama, who uses an Indian passport to campaign around the world against China, the Baloch leader too can move freely across the globe and highlight the plight of Balochis,” said a BRP leader in an interview to Indian channel.
On the other side, an official from Indian embassy of Geneva has confirmed that India will grant citizenship to Brahumdagh and his key lieutenants in Switzerland including his trusted aides Sher Muhammad Bugti and Azizullah Bugti.
Brahumdagh Bugti fled his native Dera Bugti Balochistan after his grandfather Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti was assassinated in 2006. He has been living in Afghanistan and Switzerland ever since.
Nearly 15,000 Balochis are seeking asylum in Afghanistan, while 2,000 others are spread across various European nations.
