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Pakistani spy, Kashif Ali, stuns Chandigarh Police

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PNS | Chandigarh

Stunned over the way Kashif Ali, a Pakistan spy who was carrying out his task so smoothly for two and a half year, the UT Police on Monday sent a team to Rajasthan to interrogate the people about whom he disclosed during interrogation. Kashif will be in police custody till Wednesday.



Kashif, the suspected Pakistani spy who was arrested had duped Government departments and banks during his over two-year stay. He had a driving licence, voter ID card and even a PAN card - all procured on the basis of fake documents.



Ali’s rented accommodation in Sector-44, from where he was arrested on Saturday, was raided and police seized various documents and a digital camera. Ali, 24, a resident of Faisalabad in Pakistan’s Punjab province, is suspected to have sent vital defence information from India to his country.



“We have recovered a driving licence that was issued by a New Delhi transport authority, a voter identity card with a Chandigarh address, PAN (permanent account number) card and a high school certificate issued by the Punjab School Education Board (PSEB),” said a police official.



“We have also recovered a receipt of the Regional Passport Office, Chandigarh. Ali admitted that he had entered India through Nepal. He had stayed in New Delhi and at Bikaner before coming to Chandigarh. He had bank accounts in Axis Bank and at Union Bank of India,” he said.



The seizure of these documents highlights the loopholes in the intelligence wing of police in Chandigarh. “We are looking into all aspects of this matter and trying to ascertain the links of Ali with other people in Chandigarh and in other States. We will also check how he managed to procure all these documents on the basis of fake papers,” said Inspector, crime branch, Amanjot Singh.



Ali, who was sent to police custody by a local court, had moved an application in court seeking permission to talk to his family through two Pakistan phone numbers. A city court on Sunday granted him permission to talk to his family members in the presence of the investigation officer and also directed police to record the conversation.



Police had also detained two of Ali’s friends — Santosh, 24, and Rajeev, 23, — who were in close contact with him. “We also questioned Ali’s landlord about people who came to meet him. We have found that two women who are working in a beauty parlour were coming to meet him at regular intervals,” said the police official.



Inspector General of Police Pradeep Shrivastava had earlier told reporters: “Ali admitted that he had taken weaponry training from Pakistan. He was collecting vital information regarding the Army’s Western Command headquarters at Chandimandir in neighbouring Panchkula town and the air force station here and was passing it to Pakistan.”