Kolkata, July 8 (IANS) A mentally challenged man, who inadvertently crossed the international border with Bangladesh, and was suspected to be a spy, is now awaiting expatriation to India and reunification with his family in the Malda district of West Bengal, government officials said on Wednesday. Amateur radio operators from Bangladesh and India have approached authorities to help in the process.The 66-year-old man was rescued from next to a highway in the Rangpur district of Bangladesh on Marc…
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Jaipur, June 22 (IANS) The investigation into the alleged Pakistan espionage case intensified on Monday after a Jaipur court granted the CID Intelligence wing an additional three days of police remand for accused Mushtaq.During the hearing, investigators argued that further interrogation was required to examine his bank accounts, financial transactions, communication records and suspected links to other individuals.The accused will now be produced before the court again on June 25 as security ag…
New Delhi, June 20 (IANS) The Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is increasingly exploiting the Pakistan-based relatives of Indian citizens to blackmail and force individuals into its espionage networks, intelligence sources have revealed. The strategy primarily targets residents in the border districts of Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir to extract sensitive information about the Indian armed forces.An official said that in several recent cases, Indian nationals recruited by the ISI tried to with…
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday refused to grant bail to YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, who is accused of espionage activities and passing sensitive information to Pakistani intelligence operatives. A Bench of Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma declined to grant relief to Malhotra, who has been booked under Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, and Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).The apex court’s refusal to grant bail means that Mal…
Patna, May 22 (IANS) Uncovering a sensitive case linked to national security, the Bihar Anti-Terrorism Squad has arrested a man from Muzaffarpur for allegedly maintaining contact with Pakistan-based operatives. According to an official statement of Bihar ATS, the accused, identified as Mohammad Mustafa, son of Mohammad Sagir and a resident of Ratanpur village in Muzaffarpur district, was allegedly working for anti-India elements and remained in direct contact with Pakistan-based arms smuggler Sh…
Kolkata, May 20 (IANS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a Pakistan-backed spy involved in clandestinely passing confidential security-related information to Pakistan Intelligence Officers (PIOs) as part of an anti-India terror conspiracy, the central investigation agency said in a statement on Wednesday. The Kolkata resident, Zafar Riaz alias Rizvi, had a Look Out Circular issued against him, and proceedings were also underway to declare him a Proclaimed Offender (PO) when he…
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) India’s Operation Sindoor dealt a mighty blow to the terror infrastructure in Pakistan. Since the operation that was carried out to avenge the Pahalgam attack, the ISI has focused heavily on its espionage network within India.The agencies have busted several networks, including a CCTV spying operation and a network of influencers. While these are the big fries, the agencies are worried about a larger network of youth who are ready to fish out information for as little …
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The name of Pakistan-based gangster Shahzad Bhatti has surfaced repeatedly in multiple investigations linked to terror recruitment, radicalisation, and espionage activities in India over the past several months. More than a dozen cases have reportedly been registered against him by various agencies.Bhatti, a Lahore-based gangster, has allegedly been operating out of Dubai for several years while frequently travelling between Pakistan, the UAE and other countries in the M…
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The central Intelligence agencies have yet again flagged the growing network of spies working for the ISI in India. There have been plenty of arrests post Operation Sindoor, but the fact is that there is a long way to go before the rot is cleaned up.Officials say that the nature of hiring has changed dramatically. The ISI has been tapping both high-profile and ordinary persons to be part of the espionage network, the official said. While the high-profile ones, such as inf…
Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) In a major blow to organised crime and trans-border espionage networks, the Punjab Police have busted two ISI-backed espionage modules using high-tech, China-made CCTV cameras to transmit feeds of sensitive military locations to Pakistan-based handlers, Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here on Thursday. One module was busted by Counter Intelligence Jalandhar with the arrest of one operative and recovery of one Chinese CCTV camera along with a USB con…