Making its fourth arrest in the espionage racket case so far, the Delhi police crime branch on Saturday apprehended a schoolteacher from Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir.
Making its fourth arrest in the espionage racket case so far, the Delhi police crime branch on Saturday apprehended a schoolteacher from Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir. This comes a day after a retired Army hawaldar was caught in connection with the alleged spy ring, headed by suspected ISI operative Kafaitullah Khan, who was the first person to be arrested November 26, while he was heading to Bhopal to attend a religious congregation and allegedly recruit more spies, followed by the arrests of a serving BSF personnel Abdul Rasheed and a former army hawaldar, identified as Munawwar Ahmad Mir.
The teacher, identified as Sabar, works at a government school at Rajouri. He was arrested early on Saturday and booked under provisions of the Official Secrets Act, said Joint Commissioner of police (crime) Ravindra Yadav.
Sabar is believed to be the one through whom Khan met Rasheed, Mir and his other associates, including the serving Army personnel for whom a police team was sent to Siliguri in West Bengal, said a senior police official.
Both Mir and Khan were arrested by the 14-member team of the crime branch which rushed to Rajouri on Wednesday. They have been presented before a court there and shall be brought to Delhi on transit remand, said the official. Sabar was arrested amid high drama as he tried to dodge the Delhi police team which reached the village escorted by Rajouri police and some locals too resisted police action.
“It is suspected that Sabir was informed about the raid by someone in advance as the police team found the door of his residence locked from outside. Suddenly, Sabir emerged from the roof and jumped in the backyard,” said a police official.
He injured his foot and collapsed. Soon some agitated locals gathered and allegedly started obstructing the police team, said the official. Later, senior Delhi Police officials had to call up their counterparts in Jammu and Kashmir for the matter to be sorted out, said the official.
