Tribune News Service
Rajouri/New Delhi, Dec 5
The crime branch of the Delhi Police today arrested a schoolteacher for his alleged involvement in the recently busted ISI-supported espionage network on the Border Security Force (BSF) and Indian Army deployments in the state.
The man has been identified as Sabar, who is a teacher at a government school in Rajouri, J&K. He was apprehended from Rajouri and booked under the Official Secrets Act. Sabar’s arrest is the fourth one in this case.
Sources said a team of the crime branch had been camping in Rajouri for the past few days. The team today raided the house of Sabar, whose name was figured during the sustained interrogation of Abdul Rashid, a serving BSF head constable, and Kafait Ullha Khan, a library assistant at Higher Secondary School, Manjakote, in Rajouri. They were earlier arrested for providing sensitive and national security information to the ISI.
As the crime team cordoned the house of Sabar in Amiti village in the vicinity of Rajouri town, he tried to escape after jumping from the rare window, but was nabbed by the team. He was immediately rushed to the district hospital and after initial treatment and legal formalities brought to Jammu.
On Friday, the crime branch sleuths had raided the house of ex-serviceman Munawwar Hussain Mir in Khablan village and arrested him for being part of the espionage network.
Mir was introduced to Kafait Ullha Khan by Sabar and both used to provide information related to nation security to Kafait, who was in touch with Pakistan ISI handler. Kafait was arrested last Saturday along with sensitive documents from the Delhi railway station while on the way to Bhopal to meet ISI agents on the plea to attend religious congregation.
On his disclosure, Abdul Rashid was arrested from the BSF sector headquarters where he was posted in the intelligence cell. Besides a government employee, Sabar used to run a cyber cafe in the Gujjar Mandi area.
The clue
Sabar’s name figured during the interrogation of Abdul Rashid, a serving BSF head constable, and Kafait Ullha Khan, a library assistant at a school in Rajouri. They were arrested earlier for providing sensitive and national security information to the ISI.