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| Local cleric running terror-cum-espionage racket arrested in Kishtwar | | | 
Asif Iqbal Naik
Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 3: In a major success, Kishtwar Police, 11 RR and Military Intelligence arrested a 22 year old Abdul Wahid S/o Mohammad Ibrahim Gujjar R/o Chergi Dool in Kishtwar District working as agent for Pakistan based intelligence agency.
As per the details available with Early Times, the said person provided secret information of various police establishment and security forces to Pakistan based handler through various social media platforms including those run by him on the name of his minor children.
On this information a case FIR No 211/2022 U/sec. 03 EAO Act stands registered at PS Kishtwar and investigation taken up.
With the arrest of local cleric from Kistwar mosque, Military Intelligence (MI) and Jammu and Kashmir Police in a joint operation have busted terror-cum- espionage module run by Pakistan's spy agency Inter Service Intelligence (ISI).
Based on specific inputs from Military Intelligence, Kishtwar Police on Sep 2, apprehended a local Moulvi from a mosque in Kishtwar.
Senior officials told the Early Times that more arrest in coming days cannot be ruled out.
The suspect was working as a Molvi in Madeenatul Uloom Darasgah Dadpeth. He was staying with his wife, Fatima and seven-year-old son, Afaan, in a nearby madrassa, where he was working as Qari (teacher). That is why he was often referred to as Qari Sahab by many in Kishtwar.
Investigations revealed that cleric was working for lesser-known terror organisation, Kashmir Janbaaz Force (KJF), being controlled from Pakistan.
During questioning intel agencies found that Wahid used to pass information related to security forces to ISI and KJF.
How Molvi was arrested?
As a part of ongoing counter intelligence monitoring by Military Intelligence (MI), it came to light that cleric was passing information pertaining to military deployment and movement to one of his contacts in Pakistan.
For quite some time Wahid was under scanner for his suspicious activities. During the course of investigation, intel agencies found that Wahid was using WhatsApp and other social media accounts to share sensitive info like photographs and video clips of security installation to ISI officials and members of one of the terror organisation in Pakistan.
How did he come in contact with KJF?
Following inputs from MI, sleuths of J&K Police called Wahid to appear for questioning at Kishtwar.
During joint interrogation, Wahid revealed that two years back, through Facebook, he came in contact with one Tayyab Farooqi alias Umar Khatab, who introduced himself as Amir (commander) of Kashmir Janbaz Force (KJF).
He was initially tasked to upload photos and content related to KJF on Facebook. Further they graduated to WhatsApp, wherein the so-called commander of KJF used to communicate using Pakistani number.
Within weeks, Abdul Wahid became an active member of Facebook and WhatsApp groups run by KJF.
He started supporting their anti-India activities on digital domain.
Abdul Wahid had even offered to join KJF as terrorist. Subsequently Wahid also started communicating with few other unknown cadres, supporters of KJF and officials of Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs). To lure him, ISI men, offered him money, new phone and other gadgetry.
Besides this Abdul Wahid was provided with a few virtual number-based WhatsApp accounts to communicate with his handlers.
He was instructed to keep his mobile phone clean and change his device frequently.
Molvi was tasked to radicalise and recruit youth to wage war against India
Besides espionage, ISI asked Qari Saheb to motivate and brainwash youth and prepare them to join KJF.
For the last two years, ISI has been making concerted efforts to revive terror related activities in Chenab belt _ which includes Doda, Kishtwar and Bhaderwah.
He used to indoctrinate and brainwash youngsters studying in madrassas to prepare them to pick up Pak sponsored gun against India.
Abdul Wahid during questioning accepted to have sent photos of Army camps along with marked route for infiltration into the same to ISI.
He disclosed that he had sent locations of nearby Army camp and training locations of Army personnel, hence making these locations and personnel vulnerable to targeted terror attacks.
On finding his active involvement with the terrorists and Pakistan's spy agency, the accused is being booked by Kishtwar Police under relevant sections of UAP(A)/ CrPC. |
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