Espionage: Delhi Police arrest BSF personnel, suspected ISI agent
Police have identified the accused as Kafaitullah Khan alias Master Raja who is a resident of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir .
The other person has been identified as Abdul Rasheed.
"Abdul Rasheed, Head Constable in BSF posted in the Intelligence Wing of Border Security Force, Rajouri, J&K is one of the main source of the above stated handler," read a statement issued by the Delhi Police.
Both of them have been arrested under the provisions of Official Secret Act.
The Special Task Force (STF) of Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested three suspects from Khidderpore area in Kolkata for allegedly providing shelter and support to ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence) agent Mohammand Eizaz who was earlier arrested by Uttar Pradesh STF on Friday from Meerut, reports said.
According to police reports, acting on a tip off, the STF arrested three suspects- Ershad Hyder Ansari, his son Ashfaque Ansari and their relative Md. Jehangir- from Khidderpore under Garden Reach Police Station area in Kolkata.
Suspected ISI agent Mohammand Eizaz was earlier booked by UP STF on Friday from Meerut Cantonment area with several incriminating documents.
Inspector General (IG) of UP STF Sujeet Pandey told IBNS: "We arrested one suspected ISI agent Md. Eizaz, a resident of Islamabad, from Meerut Cantt area, when he was going to Delhi, on Friday. We recovered few sensitive documents, related to Indian army, from him. Besides that, Pakistani identity proof, fake Aadhaar card with a Bareilly district address, Delhi Metro card, laptop and few pen drives were also recovered from him."
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