Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], October 20 (ANI): Gujarat Police Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Friday arrested a man for allegedly sending sensitive information to Pakistan using a messaging platform.
As per the ATS officials, the espionage attempt has been targeted at the family of Indian Army personnel.
The accused has been identified as Labhshankar Maheshwari from Tarapur town of Gujarat’s Anand district. The ATS officials further informed that the accused has been a Pakistani citizen who later got Indian citizenship.
SP, Gujarat ATS, Om Prakash Jat while speaking at a press conference regarding the arrest informed that the ATS received inputs from Military intelligence that a Pakistan agent was using Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware to access phones and steal sensitive information.
He further said that the accused has been working on the instruction of a person associated with the Pakistan Embassy.
“Gujarat ATS received input from the military intelligence that a Pakistani army or a Pakistan agent is using WhatsApp on an Indian SIM Card. He was using Remote Access Trojan (RAT) malware to access phones and steal sensitive information. The SIM Card was issued under the name Muhammad Saklain Thaim from Jamnagar. It was activated on the mobile belonging to Azgar Hajibhai. After activation, the SIM card was delivered in Anand, Tarapur to a person named Labhshankar Maheshwari on the instructions of a person associated with the Pakistan Embassy,” SP Om Prakash Jat said.
He pointed out that Labhshankar Maheshwari was a Pakistani citizen who came to India in 1999, he got Indian citizenship later.
“His extended family is still in Pakistan. The concerned WhatsApp number is still active in Pakistan. They are targeting the family members of the Indian Army personnel,” SP Jat added. (ANI)
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