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Bengal STF arrests three for ISI links, SIM card smuggling
West Bengal's Special Task Force arrested three men from Cooch Behar district on Friday evening for alleged links to Pakistan's ISI. The accused, Rashidul Haque, Nur Nasiruddin Ali and Shafiqul Islam, were…
The Story in Brief
West Bengal's Special Task Force arrested three men from Cooch Behar district on Friday evening for alleged links to Pakistan's ISI. The accused, Rashidul Haque, Nur Nasiruddin Ali and Shafiqul Islam, were caught in the Sahebganj area of Dinahata and remanded in police custody for 14 days on Saturday.
Investigators say the trio smuggled Indian SIM cards to Pakistan via Bangladesh and produced counterfeit currency notes. The arrests are part of a wider crackdown that includes the July 31 capture of a Jaish-e-Mohammed operative and the recent detention of Pakistani national Rana Rauf, who entered India illegally in 2012 and conducted surveillance using forged documents.
The Indian Opinion
Another pre-Independence Day arrest of alleged ISI agents, but the public has heard this script before. Without convictions that hold up in court, these operations risk becoming annual theatre. The real test will be whether the notebook recovered from Pakistani national Rana Rauf yields actionable intelligence that leads to actual prosecutions, or whether it joins the pile of unproven allegations. Will the NIA and state police share credit or fight over turf?
Sources (2): hindustantimes.com, rediff.com
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Updated: this story now draws on 2 sources.
