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‘Major ISI plot to revive militancy in Jammu foiled, six arrested’

‘Major ISI plot to revive militancy in Jammu foiled, six arrested’
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Jammu: Officials on Friday claimed to have unearthed a major plot by Pakistani spy agency Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) to revive militancy in Jammu region after arresting six persons from whom photographs and videos of strategic locations have been seized.
The six “spies” were in direct contact with their handler, a colonel-level officer at ISI Kashmir cell, identified by officials only by his first name ‘Iftikhar’, and with the militant group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen across the border, officials said.

They said that “initially two of the spies were arrested in May for shooting videos and taking photographs outside the Ratnuchak Military Station in Jammu”.

“During interrogation, Mushtaq Ahmed Malik (38), from Doda district, and Nadeem Akhter (24), from Kathua district, revealed to security officials that they were also being guided by their handlers in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir,” officials added.

“They also disclosed information about four others engaged as Pakistani spies in Jammu region”.

Based on that information, Saddam Hussain, Mohmmad Saleem and Mohmmad Shafi, all from Kathua district, and Safdar Ali, from Basantgarh in Udhampur district, were arrested, the officials said.

The arrested persons have revealed to officials that they were “tasked by the ISI officer to revive militancy in Jammu by recruiting youth in the region”.

The Hizbul commanders guiding are believed to be “originally from Jammu region but had settled in Pakistan and PoK after joining active militancy”.

Officials said the arrested persons belonged to three mountainous districts close to the International Border with Pakistan.

Security agencies are likely to arrest more persons linked to the spy ring who work as “over-ground workers”.

Security officials have also found mobile phone numbers of their Pakistani handlers. They are trying to extract and retrieve mobile phone data as the spies are said to have to have deleted some data. (PTI)


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