Author: PTI
Publication: Daily Excelsior
Date: September 14, 2005
URL: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/05sep14/news.htm#10
Smashing an ISI base in Punjab, Delhi police
has arrested an alleged agent of the Pakistani Intelligence Agency who had
been tasked to provide shelter to other operatives.
"Mohd Ramzan (53) was arrested from Malerkotla
in Sangrur district of Punjab for providing shelter and other secret information
relating to Ambala cantonment to the ISI agent Irfan Kausar, who was arrested
here on September 7," Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Tjendra
Luthra told reporters here.
Ramzan was allegedly in direct contact with
Pakistani Intelligence officers and was working to provide shelter to other
ISI agents, he said.
Running a shop of metal polishing in Malerkotla,
he had allegedly visited Pakistan four times.
Ramzan was arrested on the basis of revelations
made by Irfan, a Pakistani national, arrested four days back from a cyber
cafe in Bikaji Cama Place area of south Delhi.
"He had allegedly provided shelter to
Irfan at the behest of a Pakistani Intelligence officer Arif," Luthra
said.
"During his Pakistan visit he came in
contact with ISI officials through his sister, who married a Pakistani national.
He met ISI officers at their Lahore based office, who told him that they would
send him money through their agents in lieu of the shelter and other help
provided to them," the DCP said.
Irfan, hailing from Gujranwala district of
Pakistan's Punjab province, was nabbed from the cyber cafe when he was allegedly
sending secret information about the Indian military to his mentors through
the internet.
