Mohammad Sajjad, a Kashmiri BSF jawan working in Kutch held for spying for Pakistan

BhuJ: A jawan working with India’s Border Security Force (BSF) in border district Kutch in Gujarat has been nabbed by Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) of Gujarat Police for spying for Pakistan in exchange of money.

Anti Terrorist Squad (ATS) today in a briefing said that, the officials of ATS had received details that one Mohammad Sajjad son of Mohammad Imtiyaz, originally from Sarola village of Rajauri in Jammu & Kashmir has been working with BSF and deployed in Kutch based ‘A’ company. He sends sensitive information to neighboring country Pakistan and receives money in exchange of information.

ATS sleuths Sheikh, Chavda and Patel had started inquiry and they came to know that accused had purchased a mobile phone in his own name, in which he had shown his particular birth year. When his passport was checked, the date of birth was different. It was also revealed that he had visited Pakistan via Atari and stayed there for 46 days in the past. He was also using another mobile number. He had used that number abroad for sharing OTP. And another Whatsapp was working on that another mobile number which is now closed.

After confirming the details, ATS officers arrived at BSF campus in Bhuj and accused was nabbed. Two mobile phones were recovered from him and it was found that he was sharing the details of BSF movement and the names of the officers and details of their responsibility to Pakistan using Whatsapp. A person who would received details in Pakistan was called Uncle by him.

The accused BSF jawan has been deployed in Kutch for last two months. Earlier he was on duty in Tripura.

ATS Gujarat said, an Offence will be registered against the accused and he will be taken on remand for interrogation. Mobile phones recovered from him will be sent to Forensic Science Laboratory for recovery of data.

According to ATS, the accused was sending the details from India to Pakistan for last five-six years. He had mentioned different birth date when he was recruited in BSF. He was over edged to get entry into the BSF. He had visited Pakistan prior to join BSF and therefore possibility of malafied intention from the beginning can’t be denied. DeshGujarat