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Fort William map recovered from arrested Pakistani suspect
The West Bengal Special Task Force is investigating how a suspected Pakistani national, arrested on Tuesday, obtained a map and photographs of Fort William, the Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata.…
The Story in Brief
The West Bengal Special Task Force is investigating how a suspected Pakistani national, arrested on Tuesday, obtained a map and photographs of Fort William, the Indian Army's Eastern Command headquarters in Kolkata. The STF seized the material from Rana Rauf Khalid, alias Wahab Alam, and his associate Mohammad Ijaz after their arrest in Habra, North 24 Parganas, as they tried to cross into Bangladesh via Jessore Road.
Investigators are examining deleted chats and phone numbers from their mobile phones, which contained contacts in Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The STF has contacted military intelligence agencies and is probing possible links to Pakistan's ISI, though officials said the probe is at an early stage. The two have been remanded to 14-day police custody by a Barasat court.
The Indian Opinion
This arrest is being treated as a major espionage catch just before Independence Day, but the STF itself says no definitive conclusion has been reached. Sensationalist narratives of a wide ISI network must be weighed against the early nature of the probe. The key test will be whether investigators can recover and analyse the deleted digital material to establish actual information-sharing with foreign entities. Until then, caution is more useful than alarm.
Source: news.abplive.com
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