Man Spying for Pakistan Nabbed in Gujarat

Ahmedabad: A man allegedly spying for Pakistan was arrested by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Sunday. He was absconding in a case linked with espionage for Pakistan.

The arrested man identified as Mohammed Saqlain is a resident of Jamnagar in Gujarat.

As per the allegations against him, Saqlain bought an Indian SIM card and got his WhatsApp activated, which was being operated by his Pakistani handlers.

The SIM number was used for spying against the Indian Army personnel deployed in Jammu and Kashmir.

In October 2023, Gujarat ATS arrested 53-year-old Pakistani spy Labhsankar Maheswari from Tarapur (Gujarat). Saqlain had provided an activated SIM card to Labhsankar Maheshwari, an erstwhile Pakistani citizen, who got Indian citizenship.

Maheshwari was a Pakistani, who came to Gujarat for his wife’s pregnancy treatment and ‘became an Indian’, but later on was arrested for spying.

Saqlain had absconded after the arrest of Maheshwari in October 2023.