LUCKNOW: The UP Anti-Terrorism Squad in a joint exercise with Maharashtra Police carried out overnight raids and nabbed a suspected ISI operative in Mumbai, who was part of an espionage racket linked to the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi.
Three ISI suspects have been arrested since yesterday as the UP ATS launched a massive crackdown to smash the espionage racket.
Acting on leads provided by ISI suspect Aftab Ali, arrested from Faizabad, 120 km from here yesterday, the UP ATS picked up Altaf Qureshi late last night from Masjid Bunder area in South Mumbai and Javed Iqbal from Yusuf Manzil building at Agreepada this morning, IG UP-ATS Aseem Arun said in Lucknow.
He said the trio was involved in an espionage racket, with Aftab, believed to have been trained by Pakistan’s spy agency ISI, maintaining constant touch with officials in the Pakistan High Commission. (AGENCIES)
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