Special Cell officials of Delhi Police claimed to have busted an espionage ring on Friday, following the arrest of an alleged spy, trained by Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency, and his associate from Madanpur Khadar in south Delhi. Police recovered some sensitive documents pertaining to national security and some vital installations in Delhi Cantonment area from the duo. In a press release given out on Friday, DCP (special cell) Alok Kumar stated: "The accused had been identified as Mohammad Muzaffar Khan alias Ali Akbar Aslam alias Mujji, a spy trained by the ISI and hailing from Karachi, and Ali Rehman Jalal, an associate of Khan from Bangladesh.
According to police, Khan had come to Delhi some nine months back from Bangladesh, aided by an ISI agent based in Bangladesh, and had allegedly been staying with Jalal in Madanpur Khadar since then to carry on espionage activities. During interrogation, Khan revealed that in November 2005, he was given a Bangladeshi visa and a fake driving licence purportedly issued from the transit authority of Hissar, Haryana, an ATM card of Pakistani bank Alfalah and Rs 5,000 in cash. He was reportedly directed by ISI agent Jeeshan, his mentor, to contact another ISI agent in Bangladesh. All this was done to facilitate his entry into India, police claim.
In Bangladesh, Khan was provided with a fake Bangladeshi passport issued in the name of Islam Mia by the ISI contact. With the ISI agent's help, he came to Delhi and reached the house of Jalal. Khan carried on espionage activities with Jalal's aid, and passed information and documents to his ISI handlers. According to police, he created a new identity for himself, posing as Ali Akbar Aslam, and was in the process of acquiring Indian nationality with the help of fake documents that have been recovered from his possession.
Investigations have revealed that Khan is from Orangi town in Karachi, Pakistan, and pursued a diploma course from Karachi Polytechnic School after completing his schooling upto the tenth standard.