Pakistan High Commission officials under police radar for espionage links

New Delhi After busting an espionage ring being run from Jammu and Kashmir for over two years Delhi Police is now initiating a probe against some unnamed Pakistan High Commission officials who are suspected of having links with the InterServices IntelligenceISIof PakistanThe information was revealed by 44yearold library assistant Kafaitullah Khan alias Master Raja who was arrested in the capital by Delhi Polices Crime Branch wing on November 26 on charges of obtaining secret information related to Indias national security and sharing it with the ISIKhan was supposed to meet someone outside the Pakistan embassy gate to whom he was to hand over his passport and the recommendation letter for Pakistan High Commission Joint Commissioner of Police Crime Branch Ravindra Yadav told IANSKhan reportedly revealed that he was asked by his handlers in ISI to meet officials in the Commission to obtain a visa for Pakistan so that he could go there However the police did not disclose the names of the said officialsFurther logistics were also to be provided to Khan by the person whom he had to meet Yadav saidYadav said that the passport and the recommendation letter were seized from his possessionKhan was going to Bhopal at the behest of the ISI agent to get the details those attending the World Tableeghi Congregation or the Ijtema an Islamic congregation for the enlightenment of Muslims and to spread the message of peace scheduled from November 28 to 30 He was supposed to scout for possible recruits Yadav addedSources in Delhi Police said that Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit will soon be contacted over the issue regarding the information revealed by KhanOn being interrogated Khan revealed that he had visited Pakistan in 2013 Yadav saidDuring his stay there he came in contact with an ISI agent and he agreed to provide them secret information related to the defence forces in exchange for money Yadav saidFor this purpose he cultivated his sources in Army and BSF and they started passing on information to his handlers in ISI he addedThe information was passed through email and mobile messaging apps WhatsApp and ViberYadav said that Khan was given specific tasks to get the information concerning with the deployment of security forces and Air Force OperationsYadav said Khan had developed contacts in Indias security agencies through which he was procuring secret informationKhan a resident of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir was selected for the BSF in 1992 but he did not join the service Later he got selected in Jammu and Kashmir police in 1993 but left the police force after getting a job as library assistant in 1995The Delhi Police Crime Branch also nabbed a Border Security Force BSF head constable Abdul Rasheed for supplying documents to the ISIRasheed who was posted in the intelligence wing of BSF in Rajouri was one of the main sources for Khan Khan is now in police custody till December 2We took Khan to Rajouri to arrest his accomplice Rasheed the official saidRasheed who has been working with BSF since 2012 in Rajouri has been remanded to police custody till December 7Rasheed was selected in 1990 and was earlier posted in Gujarat and West Bengal and in 1998 shifted to Jammu and KashmirPolice is now procuring the bank account details of Rasheed with the help of Jammu and Kashmir Bank to confirm his claim that he was sharing the secret information with ISI for monetary benefitsBeing in the Intelligence Wing of BSF Rasheed had access to secret and sensitive information pertaining to deployment border fencing and movement of the troops Yadav saidHe was initially passing the information to Khan but later on he developed close relations directly with one of the ISI agents and started communicating with him through the Appbased communication systems he saidThe official said that Khan and Rasheed were receiving money through bank transfersYadav said that most of the transactions weree international bank transfers and the money trail was still being investigatedSome secret documents related to national security were also seized from their possession a police official said