Bengal: Map, Photos Of Fort William Recovered From Arrested ‘Pak National’ Under STF Scanner

Kolkata,
Aug
13
(PTI)
A
day
afte
the
a est
of
a
suspected
Pakista i
atio al
a d
his
“associate& dquo;
by
the
West
Be gal
STF,
i vestigato s
we e
exami i g
how
they
obtai ed
a
map
a d
photog aphs
of
Fo t
William,
the
I dia
A my’s
Easte
Comma d
headqua te s
he e,
a
se io
official
said
o
Thu sday.

Ra a
Rauf
Khalid
alias
Wahab
Alam
a d
his
alleged
associate
Mohammad
Ijaz
we e
a ested
by
the
West
Be gal
Special
Task
Fo ce
f om
Hab a
i
No th
24
Pa ga as
dist ict
late
o
Tuesday,
while
they
we e
“t yi g
to
each
the
Ba gladesh
bo de & dquo;
th ough
Jesso e
Road.

The
ecove y
of
the
Fo t
William
mate ial
has
eme ged
as
a
key
li e
of
i vestigatio ,
with
the
STF
t yi g
to
establish
its
sou ce
a d
i te ded
use,
the
official
said.

“O e
of
the
impo ta t
aspects
bei g
exami ed
is
how
the
map
a d
photog aphs
of
Fo t
William
came
i to
the
possessio
of
the
accused,
a d
whethe
these
we e
pa t
of
a y
i fo matio -gathe i g
activity,”
the
STF
official
told
PTI.

The
age cy
is
also
exami i g
the
digital
t ail
of
the
accused.
Mobile
pho es
ecove ed
f om
them
allegedly
co tai ed
social
media
chats
a d
telepho e
umbe s
li ked
to
Pakista ,
Nepal,
S i
La ka
a d
Ba gladesh.

I vestigato s
have
fou d
i dicatio s
that
some
of
the
chats
a d
pho e
umbe s
we e
deleted,
he
said.

“The
deleted
chats
a d
umbe s
a e
bei g
exami ed
ca efully.
We
a e
t yi g
to
establish
the
co tacts,
the
atu e
of
commu icatio
a d
whethe
a y
i fo matio
was
sha ed
th ough
these
cha els,”
the
official
said.

The
alleged
deletio
of
digital
mate ial
has
assumed
sig ifica ce,
with
the
p obe
looki g
i to
whethe
the
accused
we e
ope ati g
as
pa t
of
a
wide
etwo k,
a d
whethe
i fo matio
elated
to
I dia
milita y
i stallatio s
a d
moveme ts
was
bei g
t a smitted
outside
the
cou t y,
he
said.

I vestigato s
suspect
that
Rauf
has
li ks
with
Pakista ‘s
i tellige ce
age cy
ISI
a d
a e
exami i g
his
activities,
co tacts
a d
moveme ts
i
I dia,
he
said.

The
STF
sleuths
we e
also
exami i g
alleged
collectio
of
i fo matio
co ce i g
milita y
moveme ts
a d
i f ast uctu e
ea
the
Pet apole
a d
Ghojada ga
bo de
a eas,
the
official
said.

The
special
task
fo ce
is
also
looki g
i to
the
possibility
of
a
la ge
ope atio
ahead
of
I depe de ce
Day
o
August
15,
though
officials
said
the
p obe
is
at
a
ea ly
stage
a d
o
defi itive
co clusio
has
bee
eached.

“Milita y
i tellige ce
age cies
have
bee
co tacted
i
co ectio
with
the
i vestigatio ,”
the
se io
official
said.

The
a ests
have
also
b ought
u de
sc uti y
the
secu ity
of
the
i te atio al
bo de
a d
the
etwo k
i volved
i
c eati g
fake
I dia
ide tity
docume ts,
officials
said.

Followi g
his
a est,
Rauf
was
take
to
Hab a
hospital
fo
a
medical
exami atio
o
Tuesday
ight,
they
said.

Late ,
whe
p oduced
befo e
the
Ba asat
cou t,
both
the
a ested
accused
we e
ema ded
to
14-day
police
custody.& bsp;

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