Two Accused of Sending Defense Information to Pakistan Face Mere Payments for Their Espionage
Two individuals arrested in Delhi on Thursday were allegedly paid meager sums for their efforts to gather defense information, according to investigators. According to Joint Commissioner of Police Ravindra Yadav, the compensation ranged between Rs. 30,000 to Rs. 50,000 per month. "They would bring in thick stacks of documents; some useful, others not," he said.
The Pakistani High Commission staffer Mahmood Akhtar, suspected as an ISI agent and handler, allegedly had agents recruit from Rajasthan and Gujarat to target those struggling financially. One of the arrested individuals, Maulana Ramzan Khan, was a teacher in a mosque in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan. Known for his connections to security personnel, he helped Akhtar with military-related information.
The other arrested person, Subhash Jangir, previously worked as a grocery store owner but later found himself lured into acting as an Army or BSF personnel to extract financial demands from the espionage group, as told by eyewitness-outs.
Police plan to analyze the bank accounts of the arrested to identify potential Army or BSF poachers and search for more suspects suspected of spying for Pakistan, including Shoaib, a third suspect discovered in Jodhpur yesterday afternoon.
