Raj employeeheld for spying,sent to 7-daypolice custody
Khan was picked up from his Mangliyon Ki Dhani village on May 28 and formally arrested on Monday evening following multiple rounds of interrogation at the Intelligence Bureau headquarters in Jaipur.
According to the prosecution, WhatsApp chats, frequent communication with Pakistan-based individuals, and multiple unauthorised visits to the country without informing the department pointed to his involvement in espionage.
Khan, who has been booked under Official Secrets Act, 1923, was produced before a local court in Jaipur. Prosecution officer Sudesh Kumar Sattawan said: "We sought 10-day remand, arguing that he made unauthorised visits to Pakistan and there was evidence of his contact with ISI. Further interrogation is needed to gather more evidence and uncover any spy network he may have been linked to within India."
Intelligence agencies said Khan maintained contact with individuals linked to ISI, including Ehsaan-ur-Rahim alias Danish, who worked at the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi and was expelled from India after being declared persona non grata last month.
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Officials said Khan used stolen mobile phones to make calls to Pakistan and underwent training for espionage during his cross-border visits.
IG (CID security) Vishnu Kant Gupta said Khan had been under surveillance for some time. "It was found that Shakur Khan was in regular contact with certain individuals working at the Pakistani embassy, particularly Danish and Sohail Qamar, among others," the officer said.
The case has sparked political controversy in Rajasthan after it emerged that Khan worked in 2008 as a personal assistant to Congress politician and former MLA Saleh Mohammad, who is from Jaisalmer.
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