Intelligence & National Security Discussion

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 01 Jul 2010 23:11

I think we need to look at TSP supported terrorism from theory of warfare aspects and see what we can make out of it.

Venkarl · Post by **Venkarl** » 01 Jul 2010 23:50

Craig Alpert wrote:Tunnel from PM's house to airport
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woww..I wrote here suggesting such a tunnel directly to IGI some time in 2006....looks like other 2 such tunnels to Indo pak borders advice has been ignored...based on Tenali Ramakrishna's idea....anyways..happy about one coming true

Craig Alpert · Post by **Craig Alpert** » 02 Jul 2010 03:15

^^ OR for all you know, they might have gone ahead with those tunnels without making anything PUBLIC, so to have an element of surprise!! (highly UNLIKELY that it is built, but something for you to ponder over!)

sanjaykumar · Post by **sanjaykumar** » 02 Jul 2010 04:08

The Delhi metro almost certainly has interesting facilities beside stations and trains.

Samay · Post by **Samay** » 02 Jul 2010 04:24

Dilli is safe ,the mughal gaddi is safe, what about rest of the junta ,what will happen when ghaznavis and ghoris raid our country ?
dont we need a large number of nuke bunkers? ,knowing that jihadi and drug addict both sleep together . Or it is that only mms and people living close quarters believe our air defence is premature

Venu · Post by **Venu** » 02 Jul 2010 15:30

Top Maoist killed

In a blow to the Maoists, a top Naxal leader, who was also CPI (Maoists) central committee member and its spokesperson, was among two ultras killed in an encounter with the Andhra Pradesh police in this district today.

Cherukuri Rajkumar alias Azad was killed in an encounter in the forest area at Vankhidi, police said. He was said to be in 50s.

Acting on information that some Maoists were coming to Andhra Pradesh from Maharashtra, a police team launched a search operation in Vankhidi area last night when they came across the ultras at around 11pm, they said.

The Maoists fired at the police, which retaliated, and an exchange of fire continued till 2am, they said, adding two bodies were recovered.

Surrendered Maoists have identified one of the two killed as Azad, police said, adding that the other body was yet to be identified.

Looks like AP sleuths are the only force which has excellent intelligence inputs against maoist movements. Wonder how they are able to do it considering the maoist tendency to kill the informers.

Venkarl · Post by **Venkarl** » 02 Jul 2010 17:44

Craig Alpert wrote:^^ OR for all you know, they might have gone ahead with those tunnels without making anything PUBLIC, so to have an element of surprise!! (highly UNLIKELY that it is built, but something for you to ponder over!)

lol....I was so ignorant and technically challenged then...funny me..

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 03 Jul 2010 00:49

An evaluation by NPGS of Domestic intelligence agencies in the world

Has a section on IB.

Also Shyamd,

Twelve Questions answered

Manish_Sharma · Post by **Manish_Sharma** » 03 Jul 2010 02:51

Samay wrote:Dilli is safe ,the mughal gaddi is safe, what about rest of the junta ,what will happen when ghaznavis and ghoris raid our country ?
dont we need a large number of nuke bunkers? ,knowing that jihadi and drug addict both sleep together . Or it is that only mms and people living close quarters believe our air defence is premature

Samay, I can't exactly remember where I read that Stalin had bombs dropped on the ground in Moscow to test their depth of damage before letting the work proceed on Moscow Metro. And he made 'Kalinin Station' as his headquarter during the war, now it is called 'Chisty Prudy station' according to Martin Cruz Smith in the "Ghost of Stalin".

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 03 Jul 2010 05:44

ramana wrote:An evaluation by NPGS of Domestic intelligence agencies in the world

Has a section on IB.

Also Shyamd,

Twelve Questions answered

Thanks. Saw your earlier post on your next project. Good luck with it. But what is the end result/aim of it/What do you hope to achieve?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 03 Jul 2010 06:17

Real reform.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 03 Jul 2010 17:13

CIA's 1971 mole

bharatiya · Post by **bharatiya** » 03 Jul 2010 19:37

Journalist too was killed in Azad encounter
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indi ... 124840.cms

Sachin · Post by **Sachin** » 03 Jul 2010 20:48

bharatiya wrote:Journalist too was killed in Azad encounter

No harm in finishing off a "journalist"

, if he is another Maoist in disguise

. See the comments in the ToI Article. Maoists themselves have admitted that this chap was a Naxalite. Good riddance!!

sunny y · Post by **sunny y** » 04 Jul 2010 17:17

Vir Sanghvi rips apart Mumbai Police & rightly so....

Lies, betrayal and denial in Bombay

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Lies-betr ... 67007.aspx

darshhan · Post by **darshhan** » 04 Jul 2010 18:12

Special intelligence branch of Andhra police is succeeding in neutralising naxal leadership.

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story ... e-mat.html

Other states could do well to emulate the model.

sum · Post by **sum** » 04 Jul 2010 21:22

War of the Wannabes

The Mumbai underworld was reported to be reduced to “relics of a shattered system”, but police and intelligence sources say newer players are fighting for a foothold in Maximum City. Most of them are breakaways from the erstwhile gangs. With their mentors gone, or in hiding, the wannabe dons are raring to mark their turfs and cash in on criminal opportunities. Bharat Nepali, Ravi Pujari and Hemant Pujari are said to top the wannabe list. Bunty Pandey’s name, too, did the rounds for some time.

Intelligence sources say operatives like Nepali have expanded and consolidated using the lull in the underworld in the past three years. Their small-time extortion projects grew exponentially in this period. With money pouring in, the wannabes are looking to expand their networks. Top sources in the Mumbai Police told THE WEEK that around 100 extortion calls had been registered across the city in the past six months.

But, law enforcement circles say it is too early to call it a comeback. “The underworld lacks teeth and is a pale shadow of what it once was. The newer players lack potential to generate enough criminal synergy to become a concern for law enforcers,” said an intelligence official.

However, seasoned ‘gang-watchers’ are worried about a marked change in the style of operation—collusion has replaced friction. Battles of attrition—police encounters and inter-gang shoot-outs—have worn the gangs down since the mid-1980s. Hence, the new decision to collude.

Said retired IPS officer Y.P. Singh: “When Dawood Ibrahim and Chhota Rajan ruled the underworld, battles of attrition were common. Violence [shootouts and encounters] ensued naturally. Now the friction has given way to collusion—it has morphed into a business.”
Experts say the likes of Nepali and the Pujaris are focusing on drugs, real estate investments and money laundering. “This is the new underworld within a bargaining framework,” said an intelligence official.

The loose networks controlled by Nepali and the Pujaris are ‘transaction networks,’ while the older crop of dons like Dawood, Rajan and Arun Gawli ran ‘directed networks.’ Transaction networks are business oriented, while directed networks work on a broad agenda defined by the kingpin. Eventually, both networks have their own share of violence.

Before the murder of gangster Farid Tanasha, no one gave a serious thought to Nepali. Tanasha and Nepali were lieutenants of Rajan; Nepali fought Rajan over revenue-sharing and parted ways in late 2009. “Ever since, he [Nepali] has been trying to flex his muscles independently. But that does not necessarily mean the underworld in the city is re-emerging,” said a senior police officer. But the officer said Tanasha’s killing “might give a few brownie points to the wannabe don [Nepali]”.

The seemingly ill-coordinated attacks by the wannabe dons have their pros and cons. Said a police officer: “Nepali and the Pujaris operate on their own. They are not part of a criminal network nor do they possess local support like what Chhota Shakeel, Rajan and Dawood had. They are far less organised than their predecessors, which makes them weaker.” But the smaller the organisation, the more difficult it becomes to cultivate sources within it.

Nepali’s gang gained strength after Santosh Shetty, another Rajan aide, joined him. Sources say, the duo is now on a recruitment spree. They are a long way off from becoming organisations with the reach and muscle of the original Rajan gang.

Nepali’s aides threatened real estate entrepreneur Ashok Bosmiya. Initially, the Bosmiyas, who work in the Mira Road area, dismissed the calls as pranks. Later, the police traced the calls to three international phone numbers, two of which were used by a Nepali aide. Nepali also targeted a section of realtors in Uttar Pradesh.

But the police are confident that they can nab Nepali if he tries to put his threats into action. Said a senior Crime Branch officer: “Times are different now than when Rajan and Dawood battled it out amongst themselves. With better tracking and surveillance devices, it is not easy for men like Nepali to hoodwink security personnel now. Also, the likes of Nepali may never become full-fledged dons as conditions on the ground are not conducive. During the heyday of gangland rivalries, the top criminal enterprises craved legitimacy in terms of covert political support. With that now gone, the Pujaris and Nepali will find the going doubly tough.”

“[To become a full-fledged don], you ought to be having a couple of dozen men rallying behind you, unequal stakeholders in the criminal enterprise they are part of. Also, you need to hire sharpshooters and use them at a given opportunity. As of now, Nepali does not have too many people he might call his own,” said the officer. Sharpshooters have to be paid monthly retainers ranging from Rs 10,000 to Rs 50,000. Intelligence sources are sure that Nepali is not in India anymore; they say he could be in Africa, where he moved his operations from south-east Asia.

Like Nepali, Ravi Pujari is also trying to become don in absentia. In the early 1990s, he moved to Dubai to manage the Rajan gang’s interests. Later, he started running his own extortion network in Mumbai. In 2006, he threatened film director Mahesh Bhatt and demanded money. A few years later he called up Ashok Saraogi, gangster Abu Salem’s lawyer, and ordered him to favour certain ‘aggrieved’ investors in a case where the lawyer was an arbiter. The caller told Saraogi that he was calling from Australia. But, the police could not trace the call.

Ravi’s network operates from Andheri and its neighbourhoods. The school dropout is believed to have been behind the failed attempt on criminal lawyer Majeed Memon’s life. Ravi also tried to extort Rs 50 crore from Sanjay Kapur, actor Karisma Kapoor’s husband.

Hemant Pujari’s sole big operation was the murder of Ratnakar Shetty, a Khar-based hotelier. Thereafter, he remained content with small-time extortion attempts. His targets are realtors and real estate magnates. Experts say the wannabes target real estate magnates because it is easy money. Not much is being heard now about Shakeel aides Faheem Machmach and Raseed Rafique. Observers say the duo might have fallen from grace or Shakeel might have decided to dump them for better choices. Machmach and Rafique had begun to control a large share of the city’s extortion market. But their grip did not last long enough.

Mumbai cops have been keeping a close watch on underworld developments ever since Mumbai-based lawyer Shahid Azmi was killed earlier this year. Then came the murders of Asif Khan, a businessman and alleged aide of Shakeel, and Irfan Chindi, an alleged police informer. The last to be bumped off was Tanasha, in late May.

In January, Tanasha had hit the headlines after five Mumbai Police officers were seen partying with him and another Rajan aide, Sunil Poddar. The party was thrown by D.K. Rao, another Rajan aide. The then Mumbai police commissioner D. Sivanandan asked Home Minister R.R. Patil to suspend the five officers. In view of the embarrassing headlines, Patil was more than happy to oblige.

With Nepali and the Pujaris trying to get a firm foothold in the city, the police are trying hard to reactivate its informer network. But almost all officers of the famed encounter brigade are under suspension or have been shunted out for various reasons. Perhaps, the force will have to rely heavily on the two remaining aces—Sivanandan and Rakesh Maria. Both officers headed the Crime Branch and had contained the underworld in their own way.

Policemen say the entry of modern terrorism has rewritten the codes ?of the traditional gangs. Dawood himself moved on from organised crime to organising the 1993 Mumbai blasts. Russian intelligence reports say Dawood tapped into his ?local network in Mumbai to help the 26/11 attackers.

Formal terrorist groups have also begun to use underworld operatives to raise quick money. Some corners argue that ‘secular’ dons like Nepali, Rao and the Pujaris may not indulge in terrorism. But there is no guarantee, is there?

A source in the Crime Branch says that Rao, who is out of jail, is treading with caution. “He might just be waiting for the right time to take a fresh plunge,” said the source. “It is hard to believe that he is not in touch with his men and with other Rajan aides.”

The police are also worried about the current trend of bringing ‘clean hitmen’ for city operations. These men come from outside Mumbai, execute the contract and leave, making it difficult for the police to pin them down.
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How is it that the Russian intel is keeping a close watch on the Mumbai underworld ( as per the report)?

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 04 Jul 2010 21:28

DI is an ISI asset and by ISI connections to uncle. So anything uncle related is under watch by everyone except India.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 04 Jul 2010 21:30

They probably mean US intel and not Russian Intel ( typo ? )

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 04 Jul 2010 21:37

Yeah US intel on DI will be shared with India! Recall 1993 Mumbai blasts detonator issue?

sum · Post by **sum** » 05 Jul 2010 09:06

Austin wrote:They probably mean US intel and not Russian Intel ( typo ? )

I recall reading about Russian intel on D in earlier reports also. So, doubt its a typo...

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 05 Jul 2010 12:40

ramana didnt the US imposed financial sanctions on DI for supporting terrorost activity ,plus he is also know to have provide logistics support for 26/11 and even financial support for 9/11

But any ways the news from a newspaper here is that his network is as strong as it was before in India and that he is just lying low rest its business as ususal and for ISI/Milt estb he is a key asset for number of reasons.

ramana · Post by **ramana** » 05 Jul 2010 21:24

They did that to appear even steven to GOI. Those things have no teeth but look good on paper. I am surprised you are falling for that tripe.

Vril · Post by **Vril** » 06 Jul 2010 17:20

http://news.rediff.com/report/2010/jul/ ... charge.htm

An Andaman-based Army Major, who came under the scanner after his computer was remotely accessed from Pakistan, has been cleared by the security agencies of any involvement in espionage.

The agencies are unlikely to proceed against the Major under the Official Secrets Act but he may face a departmental action for allegedly procuring documents of sensitive nature.

After questioning the Major concerned at length, the central security agencies including the National Investigating Agency were of the opinion that he was not involved in any espionage, official sources said on Tuesday.

The findings of investigations were also shared with the Army authorities which may initiate a disciplinary action against the officer for allegedly procuring documents pertaining to Army Commander's Conference.

These documents are classified as "Top Secret" and should normally not be in his possession. They related to issues much beyond his area of work.

The Major had said he was an inquisitive person but he was himself at a loss to know how some files had made its way to his computer, the sources said.

The sources said the Army authorities may initiate a departmental action against the officer, they said. The investigators were in for a surprise when they found that his computer and e-mails had been remotely accessed from a server located in Pakistan.

Central security agencies had also submitted a report in which they claimed that NIA and military intelligence officials had neglected the case property--the computer of the Army Major--and certain files and mails were deleted when the machine was in their custody, official sources said.

During the probe, it was also found that the computer of the army officer had been accessed many a time from a proxy server based in Pakistan and one more country, the location of which was being ascertained.

It appeared that the other server could also be from Pakistan but the proxy server addresses had been hopped through various Internet gateways of European countries.

The Army major came under the scanner when his e-mail address was picked up while scanning the e-mails of Pakistani-American David Headleywho has confessed to his involvement in the Mumbai terror attack.

The US agencies informed the Indian security agencies about the e-mail address and the Major was thereafter put under the scanner.

Kanson · Post by **Kanson** » 06 Jul 2010 17:37

>>The Major had said he was an inquisitive person but he was himself at a loss to know how some files had made its way to his computer.

Does this make a case for the implication of other ranks associated with this. I guess it was reported some senior officers were also involved.

darshhan · Post by **darshhan** » 06 Jul 2010 17:39

While this Major might have been innocent , cyber espionage tactics can be used very effectively by the moles using the above scenario.A mole can upload confidential information to his system,install malware,switch off the anti virus and Firewall mechanisms and the data will be transmitted to hostile agencies.No need to make any dangerous drops.If the intrusion comes to light ever the mole can simply wash his hands off the entire affair.He can always deny the allegations by saying he is not a cyber security expert and he doesn't know how his system got compromised.

Kanson · Post by **Kanson** » 06 Jul 2010 17:43

sum wrote:
Austin wrote:They probably mean US intel and not Russian Intel ( typo ? )
I recall reading about Russian intel on D in earlier reports also. So, doubt its a typo...

It is due to drug trafficking business of DI. The case is well known..

Kanson · Post by **Kanson** » 06 Jul 2010 17:51

Craig Alpert wrote:Tunnel from PM's house to airport
The tunnel, said sources, is meant for use as an emergency exit, but may also be used for the PM to reach Safdarjung and minimise inconvenience caused to motorists. The entire plan is being conceived and implemented by the PM's security wing.

While PM's residence -- a complex of three bungalows, collectively known as 7, RCR -- and Safdarjung airport are about 3km apart, the PM has sought to minimise traffic snarls by using choppers within the city.
A tunnel link, while enhancing his security, would cut back on traffic restrictions.

The proposed new link may even be partially underground -- from PM house to beyond Kemal Ataturk Marg -- and then an overground drive to the chopper hangar behind Rajiv Gandhi Bhavan.
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HMMMM.. Wonder Y a helipad wouldn't suffice? more to this than meets the eye!!! Glad that the PM Security personnel would be leading this project!!

It is mainly for emergency exit. Emergency could mean anything, including terrorist attacks. It is better to whisk him away through tunnels than exposing him via helis

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 07 Jul 2010 06:37

Activists say spy chief is right, China is spying

OTTAWA - Politicians of Chinese descent in British Columbia have demanded an apology from Canadian Security Intelligence Service boss Richard Fadden, but Chinese-Canadian activists were on Parliament Hill Monday to say his claims are true.

Supporters and practitioners of the Chinese religious movement Falun Gong say China is actively spying on Canadians.

“The Falun Gong practitioners have been the target of the Chinese regime’s interference in Canada for over 10 years,” said Lucy Zhou.

Zhou pointed to an affidavit signed by a former Chinese diplomat that laid out in detail how diplomatic staff are expected to disrupt Falun Gong activities and influence foreign media and political officials.

John Thompson, who heads up the Mackenzie Institute, a security minded think-tank, says China isn't alone in trying to gain influence.

Thompson, who is often called on by media outlets to offer up analysis, says he was offered $80,000 by a man tied to Iran’s mission in Canada.

“They wanted me to publish a piece on the Mujahedin-e khalq," he said. "Iran is trying to get other countries to label it as a terrorist cult.” Thompson says he turned down the offer.

Thompson says other countries involved in this type of activity include Russia, Saudi Arabia and even allies like France.

“The French play realpolitik and have always been very aggressive at industrial espionage,” said Thompson.

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 09 Jul 2010 05:33

IB, RAW refuse to part with information on human rights violations
I hope they don't too. In that job, sometimes you have to violate HR.

Austin · Post by **Austin** » 09 Jul 2010 12:06

Russia swaps arrested spies with the United States

Its good to know that these countries care for their own people and try their best to best them back in such swap deal.

How many times have we managed to get our people from the other side ?

bharatiya · Post by **bharatiya** » 09 Jul 2010 12:57

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Indi ... 146451.cms

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Hurriyat- ... 69593.aspx

Telephone interception followed by quick arrest. Good stuff

nits · Post by **nits** » 09 Jul 2010 13:07

^^ as per article -

adding hunt was on to nab Dar, who had gone into hiding immediately after the conversation was made public.

I wish they would have made it public after arresting both of them... but reason to make public can be to let all GOI critics know that current tension in Kashmir is a well managed situation by Separatist and of course with the the blessing of there Mai-baap across the boder...

Ameet · Post by **Ameet** » 09 Jul 2010 21:59

U.S. Plans Cyber Shield for Utilities, Companies

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... stpop_read

The federal government is launching an expansive program dubbed "Perfect Citizen" to detect cyber assaults on private companies and government agencies running such critical infrastructure as the electricity grid and nuclear-power plants, according to people familiar with the program.

The surveillance by the National Security Agency, the government's chief eavesdropping agency, would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack, though it wouldn't persistently monitor the whole system, these people said

Rahul M · Post by **Rahul M** » 09 Jul 2010 23:26

Austin wrote:Russia swaps arrested spies with the United States

Its good to know that these countries care for their own people and try their best to best them back in such swap deal.

How many times have we managed to get our people from the other side ?

there has to be civilized people on the other side for that to happen.

for all their hostility US and russia never broke the gentleman's agreement of not harming each other's agents physically, traitors excepted.

sum · Post by **sum** » 10 Jul 2010 10:37

Might be wrong but most of the agents which India sends across are poor labourers/ citizens living near the border who are promised lots of money for these forays into Pak.

If they get caught, the agents were anyways never under official employment of the agency which sent them ( MI/IB/RAW) and hence, the higher officers never bother much about them.

The families of the agents are too poor to even raise a protest against the mighty Indian bureaucracy and have to make do without the said person ever returning or coming back after 20-30 years!!!

Am sure that if the direct recruits from the agencies themselves get caught, wheels will move faster and backdoor deals might be possible. But, our external agencies only seem to prefer official cover posting which means a arrest is never possible on foreign soil.

shravan · Post by **shravan** » 10 Jul 2010 22:53

Pakistani spy arrested in Chandigarh

IANS, Jul 10, 2010, 10.09pm IST

Nikhil T · Post by **Nikhil T** » 11 Jul 2010 05:58

Fascinating accounts of Intelligence distribution in US.

America's night guards

neel t · Post by **neel t** » 11 Jul 2010 11:40

The Assam Tribune reports that an ISI agent named Bikram Das was arrested yesterday from Paltan Bazar area of Guwahati.This is the second such case in NE region in less than a week...seems like ISI is planning something big for NE India...well atleast they pay more attention to us than GOI

....but the biggest worry is the porous India-Bangladesh border through which they can smuggle atleast 50 kgs of RDX as easily as the Indians smuggle cows and goods to Bangladesh.

shyamd · Post by **shyamd** » 13 Jul 2010 05:59

Life & crime of an ISI aide
- Scorned for poverty, Tripura youth turns to Pak agent

Agartala, July 11: An ISI chase last week yielded an unassuming youth from Tripura and a spicy tale of love, rejection and insatiable hunger for money that threw scruple to the wind.

Ramu Ghosh, a 35-year-old man from Aralia area of Agartala, was picked up with six other suspects, including the self-confessed trained ISI agent Moin, alias Munir Khan.

A few threats of third degree in custody by interrogators of the special branch (intelligence wing of state police) and Intelligence Bureau later, out poured Ramu’s story that began with the humiliation of abject poverty.

Son of an impoverished milk-seller in Aralia, Ramu is the third of Nitai Ghosh’s five children.

“According to his confessions, Ramu had grown up in poverty but managed to graduate from Tripura University. As a student of MBB College he fell in love with a beautiful girl in his neighbourhood but the girl never responded to his advances. Her affluent parents were determined to abort Ramu’s desperate approaches, even going to the extent of filing a complaint with the local police outpost,” said an official of the special branch.

Unrequited love and the scorn heaped on him by the girl’s family, police and elderly neighbours only added to Ramu’s desperation for easy money.

Having graduated in 1997, Ramu borrowed money from his relatives and friends and started a business of buying motor parts from Guwahati and selling them to customers in Agartala but the small returns from the business failed to satiate him.

“Having repaid his loans, Ramu turned to illegally importing cough syrups with alcoholic content like Phensydil, Corex, drugs and sedative injections, while briefly working as a medical representative, with handsome returns of money,” said the official.

It was only in 2007 that Ramu visited Durganagar in bordering Sonamura subdivision and came to know smuggler Tajuluddin Islam.

Within no time Ramu crossed the border with Islam and visited Bangladesh without a passport — the unfenced corridor of Sonamura ensuring a safe passage.

“Ramu told us that in Bangladesh he had been introduced to a few Pakistani elements and their local contacts. From 2008 onwards, he started working as a co-ordinator for illegal visitors from Bangladesh — arranging for their stay and safe passage to and from Tripura in lieu of a monthly salary of Rs 50,000. This amount was augmented by special incentives whenever special services for sensitive visitors were rendered,” said the special branch official.

The easy money helped him marry off his two sisters, build a huge house in Aralia and set up a shop of motor parts at Jagaharimura in Agartala.

But Ramu’s movement, particularly his association with Bangladeshis and new found wealth, soon aroused suspicions of Special Branch officials.

He visited Guwahati four times over the past three years with Islam and made two trips to Jammu and Kashmir.

“He told us that his duty was to keep an eye over security movement and report the location of BSF outposts with details of postings and other important information to his handlers in Bangladesh. Besides, a number of other ISI agents used to file information with Ramu for onward transmission or despatch to Bangladesh,” said the official.

Moin, in fact, was arrested last week from Ramu’s house after an eight-day surveillance on the basis of tip-off from the Intelligence Bureau in Delhi.

“We expect more details from Ramu, though Moin has not yielded anything of significance besides his identity as a trained ISI agent from Bhawalpur region of Pakistan’s Punjab,” the official said.

Director-general of police K. Salim Ali said Moin had entered the state with a “specific goal” which is still not clear.

“So far we have nothing to link Moin with any terrorist outfit but he cannot have entered Tripura without a major goal. The idea that local agents who helped and sheltered him without knowing anything is also not acceptable. More details will emerge soon,” said Ali.A team of senior intelligence officials is scheduled to arrive at Agartala shortly to interrogate Moin now lodged in 10 days’ police custody.

While six of Munir’s local accomplices have already disclosed details of their network in Tripura and other states of the region, Munir has proved to be a hard nut to crack.

An official of the special branch (intelligence wing) of state police said: “Munir has been put through long sessions of interrogation but he has not disclosed anything significant beyond his personal details like his roots in Bhawalpur of Pakistan's Punjab and other mundane things we know from his six accomplices. Officers of the Intelligence Bureau are also here but a specialist team of IB interrogators are arriving in a day or two to quiz Moin alias Munir.”