UP ATS narrows in on Pakistan's ISI sleeper agents
After arriving at the office, the cops, in plain clothes, took away computers and other electronic devices including a pen drive and hard disk.
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terror Squad (ATS) suspects that sleeper agents of Pakistan’s ISI may have infiltrated the collectorate office in Jhansi and sensitive information about the cantonment in Babina may have been leaked.
On a tip-off, an ATS team from Lucknow detained a clerk and two other employees posted at the Sadar sub-divisional magistrate’s office on Friday. They are being questioned on their possible involvement in espionage activities. The Babina Cantonment Board comes under the purview of this revenue office.
After arriving at the office, the cops, in plain clothes, took away comp-uters and other electronic devices including a pen drive and hard disk.
According to sources, the local unit had kept a steno posted in the SDM office under surveillance for a few days and was keeping an eye on is movements.
The Babina cantonment has a massive field firing range and the Indian Army often carries out bilateral exercises with military personnel of other countries at Babina.
One such exercise was organised In March, wh-ere the latest weapons had been used. IG ATS Asim Arun said that experts were going through the hard disk to see if it contained information about the cantonment area.
“It is still too early to reveal the names of suspects. They are being questioned and action will be initiated if needed”, he added. The ATS team is also trying to find details about the men who remained in touch with the stenographer, using the code name, RA.
It is learned that the sleeper agent collected details about Army units coming to Babina in the last three months for target practice with heavy artillery.