ISI agent paid UP man for spying

LUCKNOW: Gujarat-based ISI agent Rajakabhai Khumbhar, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency from Mundra on Monday, has revealed he sent Rs 5,000 to a contact in UP’s Chandauli for passing sensitive information.
Earlier this year, Military Intelligence (MI) unit in Lucknow had detected connections of a man from Chandauli, Mohammad Rashid, with Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and informed UP ATS about it. On January 19 ATS arrested Rashid from Chandauli.
“It was found that Rashid was in touch with ISI and had also visited Karachi twice,” said an ATS officer. It also surfaced that Rashid was trained by ISI during his stay in Karachi.
Rashid had confessed that he had forwarded photographs and videos of various sensitive establishments and events, including violence on BHU campus and anti-CAA/NRC protests, to his handlers.
He had also helped his handlers in procuring two Indian WhatsApp numbers.
“Rashid had received a gift packet from his two handlers in Karachi. He also received a payment of Rs 5,000 on July 24, 2019 from them,” an official said.
Khumbhar had also transferred Rs 5,000 through an online wallet to the account of one Rizwan, who handed it to Rashid.