UP STF arrests Pakistan-based ISI agent in main Counter-Terror Operation | Lucknow Information
LUCKNOW: In a big breakthrough, the Particular Process Drive (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police has arrested a Pakistan-based Inter-Companies Intelligence (ISI) agent from Shamli district. The arrested particular person, recognized as 45-year-old Tehseem alias Mota, was nabbed on the Garhi Shakhawat crossing on Meerut-Karnal Street in Muzaffarnagar.
Prashant Kumar, Director Common of Legislation and Order, revealed that in interrogation, Tehseem confessed to frequenting Pakistan along with his brother Kaleem.By means of connections made there, they have been allegedly lured by ISI handlers with cash and guarantees of arms, ammunition, and funds to unfold jihad and disrupt communal concord in India.
A suspected ISI agent recognized as Tehseem also called Mota.
Kumar additional elaborated that Tehseem and Kaleem used faux SIM playing cards to ship delicate info over WhatsApp to Dilshad alias Mirza, an ISI agent in Pakistan. Additionally they reportedly obtained counterfeit foreign money from one other particular person named Nafees.
The STF’s operation started with the arrest of Imran on August 2, 2023 in Shamli. He was present in possession of counterfeit foreign money price Rs 6.08 lakh. Subsequently, Kaleem was apprehended on August 16 from the identical district. Tehseem’s identify surfaced throughout the investigation, prompting the STF to launch a focused operation for his seize.
Tehseem’s Alleged Pakistani connections and Iqbal Kana
In response to the Particular Process Drive (STF), Tehseem alias Mota visited Pakistan in 2002 underneath the pretext of promoting paan/tobacco. He reportedly stayed with a relative in Kotadu for a brief interval and later frolicked in Lahore. Whereas in Lahore, he allegedly met people related to a recognized FICN vendor named Iqbal Kana and his associates. These connections are stated to have influenced Tehseem’s involvement in FUCN trafficking from 2002 to 2008.
The STF investigation additional claims that Tehseem obtained and circulated counterfeit foreign money notes throughout this era. The alleged consignments of FICN ranged in worth from Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 7 lakh and have been reportedly sourced from contacts in Pakistan, Delhi, and Amritsar. Moreover, Tehseem has a previous document of arrests associated to FICN possession in these places. Following his launch from jail in 2016, Tehseem is suspected of collaborating in drug provide and different unlawful actions with the assistance of a person named Shahid. Shahid reportedly fled to Pakistan after dealing with authorized expenses in India and is alleged to be concerned in cross-border smuggling and doubtlessly anti-national actions.
Tehseem additionally faces separate expenses underneath the Arms Act associated to a 2019 incident in Punjab and a weapons provide case nonetheless underneath investigation.
