A Baloch elusive leader of a major rebel group, who fights for independence in Pakistan's Balochistan province says, he would welcome cash and other help from India.

The words likely to alarm Islamabad, which accuses New Delhi of stirring trouble there. Allah Nazar Baloch, head of ethnic Baloch group Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF) vowed further attacks on the Chinese-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), parts of which run through the resource-rich province in his first video interview in five years.

Mr. Baloch, a doctor-turned-guerilla, said that, “We not only wish India should support the Baloch national struggle diplomatically and financially, but the whole world.” He believed to be about 50, in filmed responses to questions sent by Reuters.

Mr. Baloch’s appeal for Indian help may deepen Pakistani suspicions that India has a hand in a decades-old insurgency in the vast southwestern province.

“We welcome the statement that Narendra Modi gave to morally support the Baloch nation,” added Mr. Baloch, clad in a traditional beige shalwar kurta outfit, with an automatic rifle across his lap and ammunition hanging from his belt.

Brahamdagh Bugti, the Switzerland-based leader of the Balochistan Republican Party, another major separatist outfit, last week told Indian media that he planned to seek “political asylum” in India.

“We are attacking the CPEC project every day. Because it is aimed to turn the Baloch population into a minority. It is looting, plundering and taking away our resources,” Mr. Baloch said.

“There will be no negotiations with Pakistan without national independence and without the presence of the United Nations,” he said. “Our destination is independence.”

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