Rajasthan government employee detained for ‘spying’ for Pakistan

A Rajasthan state government employee was detained in Jaisalmer on suspicion of espionage for Pakistan on Wednesday night, reports said.

 

According to officials, Shakur Khan, who works in the district employment office, was detained by an intelligence department team.

 

According to officials, phone numbers related to Islamabad were found on his mobile phone. During the preliminary interrogation, Khan has confessed that he had travelled to Pakistan at least seven times in recent years.

 

"There were inputs about Shakur Khan that he could be involved in spying for Pakistan. He was on surveillance following inputs and was detained last night," an official told PTI.

 

Some reports suggested that Khan was on duty in the district administration's control room during Operation Sindoor. He has been taken to Jaipur where the central agencies will question him in detail.

 

Ever since the Operation Sindoor, Indian security agencies have launched a crackdown on the alleged Pakistan-linked spy network operating in north India and arrested at least a dozen people from different states.

 

Those arrested included Haryana resident and famous YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra, whose channel has 3.77 lakh subscribers.

 

According to police, Jyoti was in touch with Pakistani officer Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish posted at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi during the India-Pakistani military confrontation.

 

Earlier this week, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) arrested a CRPF personnel for allegedly spying for Pakistan.

 

The accused, Moti Ram Jat, was actively involved in espionage activity and had been sharing classified information related to national security with the Pakistan intelligence officers (PIOs) since 2023.

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