ESPIONAGE RACKET SUPPORTED BY PAK ISI BUSTED

 A team of Officers of Crime Branch led by ACP KPS Malhotra and consisting of Insps. P C Yadav, Sanjeev Yadav, S S Sandhu, Vijay Rastogi, Sis Neeraj Kumar, Sandeep Yadav, Vijay Kumar Samaria, Gurmeet Singh, Ritesh,  Dataram Yadav, Aas Mohammad, ASI Jai Parkash, and lower subordinates of ISC, Crime Branch, Chankyapuri under the supervision of DCP Bhisham Singh and under overall supervision of Sh. Alok Kumar, Addl. CP/Crime, have busted an espionage racket supported by Pakistan’s ISI and have arrested a handler of Pakistan Intelligence Operative (PIO) and one serving officer of Border Security Force (BSF). 

       Kafaitullah Khan @ Master Raja (aged 44 yrs) S/o Qudrat Ullah R/o Vill- Kalai, PS- Manjakote, Distt- Rajouri, Jammu & Kashmir is the handler of PIO having contacts in different security agencies through which he was procuring secret/confidential information detrimental for the security of the country.  Abdul Rasheed, Head Constable in BSF posted in the Intelligence Wing of Border Security Force, Rajouri, J&K is one of the main source of the above stated handler.  Both of them have been arrested under the provisions of Official Secret Act.

         Secret input was received about the ongoing anti-national activities sponsored by Pakistan Intelligence Operative, which have a network spread over the civilian handlers and the security forces personnel. Looking into the gravity of the matter, the information was developed and few persons involved in the network were identified.  On 26/11/2015, one of the handler Kafaitullah Khan had boarded a train from Jammu for Bhopal.  He was apprehended at the railway station and from his search few documents having implication on national security were recovered.  He was arrested under appropriate section.

        He disclosed that he is working as Library Assistant at Higher Secondary School, Manjakote.  In the year 2013, he had visited Pakistan.  During his stay there, he came in contact with ISI agent and in lieu of monetary considerations he agreed to provide the secret information of the defence forces.  For this purpose, he cultivated his sources in Army and BSF and they started passing on the information to PIO.  The information was passed through e-mail, whatsapp and viber.  He was given specific tasks by the PIO, which were mainly concerning with the deployment of security forces and Air Force Operations.  He was already in touch with Abdul Rasheed, who is his relative.  He lured Abdul Rasheed to give the sensitive information.  Kafaitullah Khan was taken in police custody and a team was sent to Rajouri to arrest his accomply. A search has been conducted at the premises of Kafaitullah Khan and Abdul Rasheed, which had led to recovery of important documents.