After Pakistan launched Operation Searchlight, R&amp;AW played a highly important role in the Creation of Bangladesh. They gave arms and training support to the Mukti Bahini during the initial stages of the war. Amidst the mass killings and brutal rapes, Indian operatives would get into East Pakistan, arm the local population and capitalise on the frustrations brewing within. Ashok Raina, in his book "Inside R&amp;AW", writes: "Another R&amp;AW assessment sent to the prime minister spelt out the need for surgical intervention for the reports that came in gave positive indications that Pakistan was preparing for war. R&amp;AW received the green signal. R&amp;AW established guerrilla training camps along the border and began to train an illegal army."