ATS Arrested Varanasi Man On Charge Of Spying For Pakistan

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (UP ATS) has arrested Tufail, son of Maqsood Alam, from Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on fees of allegedly spying for Pakistan.

The arrest used to be made following credible intelligence indicating his involvement in spying for Pakistan and sharing delicate data associated with India’s inner safety.

According to ATS, Tufail used to be discovered to keep in touch with more than one folks primarily based in Pakistan. Upon surveillance by way of the ATS, it used to be published that He used to proportion movies of Maulana Shah Rizvi, chief of Pakistan’s banned terrorist organisation, Tehreek-e-Labbaik, in WhatsApp teams.

UP ATS arrests one Tufail s/o Maqsood Alam from Varanasi, on fees of spying for Pakistan. He used to be sharing necessary details about India’s inner safety with Pakistan.

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The Anti-Terrorism Squad additionally knowledgeable that he shared messages calling for ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’, the revenge of Babri Masjid and enforcing Shariat in India.

Earlier, UP ATS arrested Shahzad from UP’s Moradabad on fees of allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence company, ISI. He is a resident of Rampur. Shahzad have been visiting Pakistan for a number of years and used to be serious about smuggling cosmetics, garments, spices, and different items around the India-Pakistan border underneath the guise of industry.

According to the UP ATS, Shahzad maintained shut ties with ISI brokers and supplied them with confidential data associated with India’s safety. He allegedly facilitated the shuttle of other people from Rampur and different portions of Uttar Pradesh to Pakistan to paintings for ISI underneath the guise of smuggling. Notably, the visas for those folks had been organized by way of the ISI itself.