Monday, February 25, 2013

Man spying for ISI caught in Pokhran


Man spying for ISI caught in Pokhran

Barely two days after the conclusion
of the IAF's air exercise 'Iron Fist' in Pokhran, a suspected
spy has been caught giving information of the war games with
an ISI operative in Pakistan.
            Sumer Khan (34), a computer expert, was taken into custody
by army intelligence from his house in Pokhran yesterday and
was being grilled by security agencies, SP Jaisalmer Pankaj
Kumar Chaudhary said today.
            Intelligence sources said that Sumer was sharing
information of the IAF's exercise with his maternal uncle in
Rahim Yar Khan in Pakistan for the past few days. His uncle
has been working for Inter-Services Intelligence for the last
few years, they said.
            Sumer is currently unMan spying for ISI caught in Pokhrander the custody of the Joint
Interrogation Cell in Jaipur where the security agencies are
questioning him.
            The sources said he was caught after his calls to Pakistan
were intercepted by the army intelligence and IB.
            They claimed that Sumer had been working for his uncle for
the past two years and had been sharing vital information
related to all the exercises, which have taken place in the
region in the past two years besides the various defence
installations in the region.
            Following interception of his calls to Pakistan, he was
caught from his home in Pokhran yesterday morning.
            A 10th class passout, Sumer is an expert in computers and
would talk to his uncle over phone in code words.
            He would frequently travel to Pakistan and is believed to
have passed on maps and other documents pertaining to defence
structure in the western sector. 

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