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A court in Rajasthan on Saturday remanded a suspected Pakistani ISI agent, who was arrested by Rajasthan Intelligence in Pokhran a day earlier, to five days of police custody till February 4.
The ISI agent, identified as Jhabararam, was presented before the Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (ACJM) court for espionage activities on behalf of the Pakistani ISI. A case under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, has been registered. Investigation revealed that the accused had been in contact with Pakistani handlers via social media. Rajasthan Intelligence on Friday arrested an Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agent from Pokhran in Jaisalmer district after investigations revealed that he was sharing sensitive information related to the Indian Army with Pakistani handlers. Prafull Kumar, Additional Director General of Police (Intelligence), stated that espionage activities carried out in the state by Pakistani intelligence agencies are under strict surveillance. During this monitoring, information emerged that Jhabararam (28) was engaged in suspicious activities.It was found that the individual was in constant contact with the Pakistani intelligence agency via social media. Officials said that the suspect was sharing information of strategic importance related to the Indian Army with handlers of ISI in exchange for a honeytrap and money. He was also assisting them in carrying out anti-national activities by having WhatsApp downloaded via an OTP sent to a SIM card issued in his own name, police said. (ANI)
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