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| ISI agent flees custody in Pune |
| 2008-01-24 |
| PUNE: Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agent Mohammed Syed Desai, who was under surveillance at the Sahakarnagar police station for the past three months, escaped from the police station on Wednesday. Desai, who was released from the Yerawada central prison on October 27, 2007, after serving his term for a spying offence, was demanding an expeditious process for his deportation to Pakistan. Desai, who was feeling homesick, even filed a contempt petition last month against the city police chief and the CBI, accusing them of not pursuing his deportation. The police chief, in turn, has filed a criminal revision application before the district court urging setting aside of the lower court's order seeking steps for Desai's deportation. Prior to filing the contempt plea, Desai had also resorted to hunger strike, which resulted in his hospitalisation. Against this backdrop, Desai vanishing act is a source of worry for the cops. According to Sahakarnagar police in-charge H N M Shaikh, Desai had asked head constable D H Sankpal to accompany him for tea and breakfast at a nearby hotel around 6 am. Sankpal asked Desai to wait as he had to attend the nature's call. When Sankpal left for the toilet, Desai walked out of the police station. |
| Posted by:john frum |