Kolkata: Bhakt Banshi Jha (36), a mole of the Pakistani intelligence company, who was arrested by the Particular Process Drive (STF) of Kolkata Police final week on costs of leaking confidential defence-related info, had plans to explode a rail-bridge at Howrah and a well-known temple adjoining to it. Based mostly on his interrogation, and information from his private cell phone, the investigating officers have gotten particular details about the accused sending pictures of the rail-bridge and the adjoining temple to a girl primarily based out of Pakistan.
The investigating officers have additionally recovered a number of messages exchanged by way of social media platforms by Jha with Pak-based terror outfit operators indicating that the roots of the accused within the case are fairly deep. Metropolis police sources stated that the Pakistan lady, reportedly working because the nation’s intelligence company, had been in contact with him for fairly a while.
Nonetheless, it isn’t clear whether or not Jha even went to Pakistan or that lady got here to India. Final week, primarily based on the inputs by sister companies, the STF sleuths arrested Jha on costs of direct involvement in actions prejudicial to the protection of the nation.
He was summoned for questioning on the STF workplace on the Kolkata Police headquarters at Lal Bazar in central Kolkata on Friday night and after a protracted questioning session, he was arrested on the night of August 25.
“Secret info like pictures, videographs and on-line chat might be retrieved from his cell phone throughout inquiry, which was shared to a suspected intelligence operative of Pakistan by the accused,” a metropolis police official stated quickly after the arrest of Jha.
The intelligence operative of Pakistan whom the accused used to often chat by way of completely different social media platforms has been recognized as Aarushi Sharma. Earlier than coming to Kolkata, Jha had resided in Delhi for fairly a while, the place he’s believed to have taken pictures of important defence-installations and cantonments.
