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Three held in Bengal over alleged ISI-linked SIM smuggling
West Bengal’s Special Task Force arrested Rashidul Haque, Nur Nasiruddin Ali and Shafiqul Islam in Cooch Behar’s Sahebganj area, PTI reported. Police allege the trio had links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence and…
The Story in Brief
West Bengal’s Special Task Force arrested Rashidul Haque, Nur Nasiruddin Ali and Shafiqul Islam in Cooch Behar’s Sahebganj area, PTI reported. Police allege the trio had links to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence and smuggled Indian SIM cards to Pakistan through Bangladesh. An STF official also alleged their involvement in making counterfeit currency notes.
A court remanded the three accused in police custody for 14 days. The arrests follow the detention of suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed operative Hamim Mondal and associates in West Bengal and Jharkhand. Pakistani national Rana Rauf, also known as Wahab Alam, was arrested near the Bangladesh border in an earlier case involving alleged surveillance and forged Indian documents.
The Indian Opinion
Claims of an ISI network can quickly become television-ready certainty, while claims of a routine local crime can be equally careless. At this stage, the allegations remain unproven and the police version needs testing in court. Investigators should establish the SIM-card trail, the alleged counterfeit notes and any cross-border communication, while protecting due process. The concrete test is whether the STF can produce recoveries, forensic evidence and a documented money trail before charges are proved.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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