‘Pakistan spy’ passing Army data to ISI arrested

The ATS has recovered documents related to the Army,including maps of prohibited areas and a diary containing names and addresses of people living in different Indian and Pakistani cities from Ahmed’s possession. Besides,a driving license issued from Sikar in Rajasthan,a mobile phone,a motorcycle and money receipts of the Western Union Bank from Pakistan have also been found on him.

The DIG,Rajiv Sabbarwal (ATS),said: “A Class IX dropout,Waqas Ahmed alias Jahid alias Rajesh Kumar has revealed that he was recruited by one Farookh,an ISI official in Lahore in 2004. After an extensive training,he was sent to India through Wagah border with a Pakistani passport on April 16,2005.”

During interrogation,Ahmed said the ISI official had given him a ticket of an India-Pakistan cricket match to be held in Delhi. He had crossed the border on the pretext of watching the match. He stayed in Surat and at Mumbai’s Bhaindar area before shifting to Kanpur. Ahmed had visited to Shimla,Ambala,Patiala,Lucknow,Chandigarh,Agra and districts bordering Nepal to collect and pass on information through email and fax.