How security agencies dug out Pakistan’s spy
network in Kashmir
According
to a source, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) launched a major operation against
collection of such information and they zeroed on suspected spies after
intercepting calls and web communication.
"A
massive search operation was carried out after which each of the alleged spies
was monitored. We intercepted many calls, which established their link with the
ISI. After confirming their involvement, the state police were informed, who
almost at the same time arrested them," said a source in an intelligence
agency while adding that it was an intelligence operation, which was monitored
by a central agency.
Sources
claim that IB had specific input of Kafaitullah Khan, who was the first person
arrested by the Delhi Police Crime Branch from New Delhi station and Pakistani
national Mohammand Ejaz, who was arrested by Uttar Pradesh Special Task force
from Meerut.
It
was only through intensive surveillance that the security agency arrested Khan
while he was on his way to Bhopal for a religious gathering. He was accompanied
by 50 more people from Rajouri district. Police claim he was going there to
recruit people, who could help him in gathering of information.
Similarly,
the IB shared the location of Mohammad Ejaz with UP STF as they had tracked his
movement in various locations in UP, Bihar and West Bengal.
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However,
each of the state police claims that arrest were the result of their own
surveillance and investigation. "Our teams were involved in the case for
long. Teams had also worked in Jammu and Kashmir, through which we got vital
leads. All the other arrests were made after interrogating Kafaitullah
Khan," a senior officer of the Delhi Police Crime Branch said. On the same
line, the STF claims that their surveillance gave Ejaz's information.
Info
leaked
Investigators
disclosed that the spies were leaking sensitive documents along with the
location and strength of army units. They were passing details on app-based
communication like WhatsApp.
Delhi
Police claims that an official of the Pakistan High commission was going to
help Khan get a visa to travel to Pakistan. Khan was supposed to take further
training there and return to India to increase the ISI's base. The concern for
intelligence is to identify spies, who are still spread across the country and
have gone silent after the breakthrough.
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Intelligence
agencies said most spy agencies do not rely on the Internet for information and
prefer having first hand information. The ISI, for long, is trying to increase
its network base in India
The
IB says that in the cases that they have come across so far, the information
has been regarding government policy, defence set up or statements by
politicians.
However
some cases are serious, where the ISI has asked for specific details of
important places along with pictures and other logistics. The UP STF had found
that Ejaz allegedly sent recordings of the landing of Mirage 2000 on the Yamuna
Expressway in Greater Noida.
The
IB has found that many Indians, who travel to Pakistan legally, are being lured
into becoming spies. Many Indians visit Pakistan in order to meet their
relatives or for some other work.
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