Five people have been arrested from Morigaon and Nagaon districts of Assam for allegedly providing SIM cards to Pakistani agents. , Many articles were recovered from the arrested accused

The police officer said, Several other items, including mobile phones, SIM cards and handsets, have been seized from the pass which were used to share defense related information with a foreign embassy. Assam Police spokesperson Prashant Bhuiyan said the arrests were made during an operation carried out on Tuesday night based on information received from the Intelligence Bureau and other sources.

Identified five people arrested

Identified people arrested Ashikul Islam, Badruddin, Mizanur Rahman, Baharul Islam and Wahiduzzaman. Among them, Baharul Islam is a resident of Morigaon district and all the rest are residents of Nagaon. According to the police, from the houses of the arrested persons and five absconders 29 mobile phone, 136 SIM cards, a fingerprint scanner, a hi-tech CPU and some documents have been recovered.

Assam | Large numbers of SIM cards, laptops, phones, and high-end CPUs were seized. We suspect that foreign elements are involved but that will be much clear after a complete investigation & interrogation are done: Leena Doley, Nagaon, SP

— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2023 Fear of sharing defense related information with foreign embassy

Police say It is learned that during interrogation, it was revealed that Ashiqul Islam was using a mobile handset with two ‘IMEI’ numbers. This made WhatsApp calls and shared defense related information with a foreign embassy. The spokesperson said, that mobile phone has been recovered from his possession. Others caught were also found to be technically involved in this. Detailed inquiries are being made.

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Wed, Mar 8, 2023, 9: 56 PM IST