Kamran Akbar arrived in India in 1990, studied in the country and is married to an Indian girl, Ashok Chand, district commissioner of police (crime), said.
Chand claimed that Akbar was arrested last week and produced in court under charges of espionage after “sensitive” documents pertaining to defence were recovered from his possession.
Akbar, 39, took petty jobs in Pakistan after he quit his studies and came to Kolkata on a valid Pakistani passport to visit his relatives in India.
“He came to India through Attari (Wagah) border and stayed with his uncle Muhammad Salim in Kolkata. Akbar along with Salim and his associate Asraf Khan went to Goa. Salim had worked as a guide there and was well acquainted with Goa’s topography.
“As they were short of funds, they committed two house robberies in Goa and they were arrested during the second house robbery. Akbar was released from jail in 1996,” Chand said.
Upon his release, he came back to Kolkata to the house of his relative at Ibrahim Road. “There, an Indian passport in the name of Asif Hossain was prepared for him,” he said. “On this Indian passport, he procured a one-month visa and went to Pakistan in July 1997.”
Chand claimed that military Intelligence agencies in Pakistan recruited him after they learnt that he had stayed in India and had acquired an Indian passport. “He was recently tasked to come to Delhi to collect defence-related documents which were to be sent to his handlers in Pakistan. The man was apprehended while he was on way to board a train for Kolkata after collecting the documents,” he said.
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@BruteForce: kasab was living in Nepal since his teen age he has nothing to do with Pakistan if u listen his voice he speaks like indian hindi not urdu .he is non state actor .
@ayesha: Oh really? What makes you so sure that one has to be a Pakistani to criticize India? Can't Indians criticize their own country aswell? By the way this story is as fake as the love stories in your bollywood movies!!
@BruteForce: Do you think our ISI is that dumb that it would send its own ppl via boats to carry those attacks? Even if fishermen cross indian boundries, they get immediately arrested by your navy! And by the way why dont your criticize your Intelligence agencies for their failure?
@Lucky:
What about Ajmal Kasab and the 9 guys accompanying him who killed 170 innocents, including Women and Children? Are you seriously suggesting Pakistan doesn't export Terror(willingly or otherwise)?
You might say all this to win an argument or deflect attention and blame, but do you seriously believe it? If so then I can only pity you.
@BruteForce: in London bombing no Pakistani was involved all were British born of Pakistani origin. They were born &brought up in UK IT IS big problem for UK Govt. that how their young muslim generation is turning towards religious extremism? while time square failed bomber was neutralized US citizen who was living in US more than 10 years.
i don't believe this story its tailor made just been accused bcoz he is muslim
Indian paranoia has no boundaries.
If Pakistanis can attempt to blow up times square, can be responsible for bombings in London, is it too far fetched they are responsible for espionage activities right next door in India?
Come on!
@amit: "hahaha ,fake story"
Not any more fake than Raymond Davis case I guess.
But I am pretty sure your name is fake. You are a Pakistani and very Hindus are left in Pakistan. I on the other hand AM writing under my own name and there ARE 150 milion Muslims in India before anyone accuses me of faking to be Pakistani. I am Indian and not hidingthe fact.
@Anonymous: "Yes thats exactly what makes the whole thing look so phony. How was he issued an Indian passport if he was a Pakistani?"
Fake passports can be made in India for a price. Are you telling me that none of the Afghan refugees in Pakistan have Pakistani NIC and passport? The guy had a pattern of fraud.
indians and their bollywood fantastized stories. get real! reading halfaway i knew it was cooked story which sells indians and their venomous hatred for Pakistan is being exploited for some petty money
@BlackJack Yes thats exactly what makes the whole thing look so phony. How was he issued an Indian passport if he was a Pakistani? Moreover as someone who entered on a pakistani passport why wasn't he on surveillance? If supposedly he was an ISI implant I am pretty sure no agent worth his salt would carry around his original passport which would instantly implicate him. There are so many contradictions in the story. Your media seems to be chasing another false lead here.
@Anonymous: Dude - you still didnt read the post! He is not on a Pak passport - he has an Indian passport now despite having returned to Pakistan in between. Is there something fishy or not?
... typical Indian incompetence--cooked story ...
This is what you get when you have more people to people contact.
@Anonymous.: Read the article carefully! He came to India on a Pak passport, stayed on beyond his visa validity, and then got a new Indian passport issued based on his family connections in Kolkata (not difficult unfortunately), and returned to Pakistan for a month, and then came back again - on the Indian passport! And pls feel free to arrest any Indian Hindu who has stayed on illegally in Pakistan for 15 years if you can find one - seems highly unlikely.
It means that every person having indian passport have access to secret defense documents !
Indian media scrapping bottom of the barrel to come up with some new Anti-Pak story. Nice try. Btw your bestfriend Karzai suddenly wants to fraandship us and needs our help, India hasn't been much of use to him I guess.
Fake story..incompetency of Indians is glaringly obvious...if nothing else it.boosts muslims' confidence.
hahahahahhahahahahahhaha.........the story is funny........typical Sub Continent police story !!
assuming this will be next hit movie
Why was he allowed to live in India in the first place? I mean, surely, the two nations do not give permanent residence permits except for artistes from either nations.
@what a joke
Mahesh Bhatt is not that creative. In fact no one in Bollywood is creative enough to write a plot like that!!!!
However, this proves one point - don't trust even Pakistani civilians or foreign civilians who were ex-pakistanis (david headley is the case in point).
@Pakistan politics: Best source of acquiring and recruiting spies and informers are jails, police stations and polished criminals and their acquaintances. I am not advocating for this very case but in general.
indian media would have published Mahesh bhatt's next movie plot.... tribune took it seriously...
sure lol this innocent person be released.
"He was recently tasked to come to Delhi to collect defense-related documents which were to be sent to his handlers in Pakistan" from whom he had to collect those documents..Poor guy...the only mistake was that he was a Pakistani national before if it is correct and proven...and that is enough to be called as a ISI agent..where were all these agencies since 1997 when he visited pakistan..it took them 15 years to find out he was an agent...
As they were short of funds, they committed two house robberies in Goa and they were arrested during the second house robbery. Akbar was released from jail in 1996
So ISI recruits low life ragtag thugs ??? poor propagation
hahaha ,fake story.
I dunno how much truth there is in this. Even we can arrest a Hindu man and accuse him of being a RAW agent.