ISI agent held from Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh ATS has arrested an ISI agent from Chandauli district in a joint operation with military intelligence. The accused Mohd Rashid was passing information to his handlers in Pakistan since March 2019.

According to ATS officials, Rashid had taken photographs of army installations and was sending them to Pakistan. He had also done a recce of CRPF installations. ATS officials said that the accused Rashid had confessed that he had received training in Pakistan twice.

The military intelligence had received a tip-off in July last year that youth from Varanasi is passing on critical information to Pakistani Intelligence agencies through WhatsApp. The agency tracked the input through discreet surveillance and analysis with support from other central agencies.

Finally, a joint team of Military Intelligence and UP ATS was formed to identify the suspect and neutralize him.

He was finally arrested on Sunday after initial questioning and examination of his mobile device and his involvement with Pakistani intelligence agency was revealed. (IANS)

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