India, April 5 --  Documents circulating across social media platforms, being amplified by handles aligned with Pakistan's intelligence ecosystem, lays out a detailed narrative claiming that any future terror attack in India would be a "false flag" operation orchestrated by New Delhi to justify military action against Pakistan.

The narrative suggests that India will manufacture public consent for retaliation by first projecting "foiled terror plots" and then allowing or staging an attack that can be attributed to Pakistan. It outlines a four-step pattern, beginning with intelligence claims of disrupted plots and culminating in what it describes as a "victimhood play" at the international level.

The material is being disseminated in...