Updated: August 31, 2020 3:15:36 pm
The NIA re-registered the case on April 6 under the relevant sections of the IPC and the Illicit Activity (Prevention) Act, an official said. (Proceedings)
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a supervisor at the Mundra shipyard in Gujarat, who was allegedly working as an agent for the Pakistani spy agency ISI, an official said.
Rajakbhai Kumbhar, a resident of West Kutch in Gujarat, arrested on Sunday in connection with the investigation into the Uttar Pradesh ‘Defense / ISI case’, the NIA official said.
The case concerns an FIR registered on January 19 at Lucknow’s Gomti Nagar Police Station regarding the arrest of Mohammad Rashid of Mughalsarai in Chandoli district, it said.
The NIA re-registered the case on April 6 under the relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Unlawful Activity (Prevention) Act (UAPA), the official said.
During the investigation, it was revealed that Rashid was in contact with defense or ISI agents in Pakistan and visited the neighboring country twice, the official said.
He had broadcast photos of sensitive and strategically important facilities in India and had also shared information about the armed forces movement with his ISI handlers in Pakistan, an NIA spokesman said.
The investigation revealed that Kumbhar was working as an ISI agent and transferred Rs 5,000 through Paytm into the account of a Rizwan which was later turned over to the main defendant Rashid, the spokesperson said.
This amount was forwarded to Rashid by Kumbhar on the instructions of ISI handlers for the information provided, he said.
A search of Kumbhar’s house was conducted on Thursday and several incriminating documents were seized. The case was being investigated further.
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