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.