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The intelligence wing of Rajasthan police has arrested three persons from the border districts on charges of sending strategic and confidential information to their handlers in Pakistan. They were allegedly involved in an espionage racket managed by the neighbouring country’s intelligence agencies. Director-General of Police (Intelligence) Umesh Mishra said here on Saturday that the trio were held during an ‘Operation Sarhad’, undertaken between June 25 and 28, when 23 suspects from Sriganganagar, Hanumangarh and Churu districts were detained and interrogated by the CID-Intelligence officers. Of the suspects who were questioned, the intelligence wing has arrested Abdul Sattar of Hanumangarh, Nitin Yadav of Suratgarh and Ram Singh of Barmer. All of them were getting regular payment of money for supplying information related to defence establishments to Pakistani intelligence agencies. Mr. Mishra said a case under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, had been registered against the … [Read more...] about Three spies working for Pakistan held in Rajasthan’s border districts

At least 19 people were killed and 11 others injured when a speeding passenger bus veered off a mountain road in heavy rain and fell into a ravine in Pakistan’s restive Balochistan province on Sunday. The bus carrying more than 30 people was heading to Quetta from Islamabad when it plunged into the ravine in Zhob. Television footage showed rescue workers assisting bloodied passengers. As the bus neared Quetta, the driver lost control at a sharp bend and the bus plunged into a ravine. We have recovered 19 bodies so far while 11 injured have been admitted to hospital, Assistant Commissioner Syed Mehtab Shah said. Rainfall and speeding led to the incident, The Express Tribune newspaper quoted Shah as saying. Rescue teams rushed to the scene soon after receiving information, Shah said, adding that the bodies had been taken to the hospital where the process to identify them was underway. The medical superintendent of Civil Hospital Zhob, Dr Noorul Haq, said that the injured were in … [Read more...] about 19 Killed, 11 Injured as Bus Falls into Ravine in Southwest Pakistan

The youths joining the terror ranks in Jammu and Kashmir have a “short shelf life” with more than 64 per cent of them being killed by security forces within a year, officials said on Sunday. Security forces, aided by a strong on-ground intelligence network, have scaled up anti-terror operations in the first five months of this year, though frequent violence in south Kashmir remained a cause for concern, they said. Citing data of terrorists neutralised between January 1 and May 31 this year, the officials said 64.1 per cent of the new terror recruits were eliminated within a year. Only 26.6 per cent of the terror recruits lasted more than 12 months, while the fate of 9.3 per cent of them was not known, they said. Giving further details, the officials said 28.1 per cent of the terror recruits were killed within one month, 54.7 per cent within six months and 59.4 per cent within nine months. The officials said 70 to 75 youths have joined various terror groups in Kashmir Valley in the … [Read more...] about Over 64% of Youths Joining Terrorism in J&K Killed Within a Year: Officials