Investigations revealed that after turning into a member of various WhatsApp groups linked to Pakistan, Tufail was instructed to contact a lady named Nafisa from Faisalabad.

New Delhi:

On Wednesday, the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) arrested Mohammad Tufail from Nawapura in Varanasi on charges of spying for Pakistan. According to sources over 500 mobile numbers from the Purvanchal space of Uttar Pradesh, which have been linked to Tufail’s WhatsApp groups, for the time being are under surveillance.

Investigations revealed that after turning into a member of various WhatsApp groups linked to Pakistan, Tufail was instructed to contact a lady named Nafisa from Faisalabad. Gradually, he fell proper right into a honey lure. Tufail repeatedly chatted with Nafisa and began sending her photographs of delicate locations.

Shared delicate information to Pak woman who honey-trapped him Tufail not solely shared information with Nafisa however moreover despatched her presents. He used Nepal and Punjab routes to ship devices, which included a saree and a swimsuit, as confirmed by investigating companies.

The UP ATS is presently attempting to search out out which cities Tufail visited at Nafisa’s request and what delicate photographs or films he shared collectively along with her. They are moreover investigating his participation in non secular gatherings or conferences attended by Muslim youths.

Large gatherings at Tufail’s residence Neighbours knowledgeable - that big groups associated to the Jamaat, usually numbering between 200 and 250, repeatedly visited Tufail’s house. After travelling to diversified cities in UP and Sirhind in Punjab, Tufail reportedly created spherical 20 WhatsApp groups.

Spreading provocative content material materials by means of WhatsApp Tufail used these groups to emotionally have an effect on Muslim youths, along with educated folks, in cities like Varanasi, Mau, Azamgarh and Lucknow. He incessantly shared provocative films, along with these of Maulana Saad Rizvi, and condemned the Babri Masjid demolition as a disgrace to Islam.

Tufail moreover posted messages advocating for the establishment of Sharia regulation in India by means of approved and political means, very similar to Pakistan. He claimed that India needed Islamic college students like Saad Rizvi to data Muslim youth within the appropriate path.

The ATS is now inspecting Tufail’s monetary establishment accounts and determining his Pakistani and Indian contacts. Authorities are investigating all financial transactions linked to him and rising surveillance on suspicious numbers.

Another arrest in Pakistan espionage group In a related enchancment, the ATS arrested Haroon from Delhi, who was showing as an agent for Mujammil, an officer on the Pakistani High Commission. Haroon helped Mujammil organize monetary establishment accounts using fake identities. Money acquired for Pakistani visas was transferred to these accounts after which distributed by Haroon on Mujammil’s instructions.

The UP ATS suspects that Mujammil, believed to be an ISI agent, used Haroon to fund operatives in India. Authorities are scrutinising Haroon’s mobile data and monetary establishment accounts to trace all recipients and transactions over the earlier three years.