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‘Pakistani spy was planning 2008 Mumbai style attack’

Pak spy was planning 2008 Mumbai style attack: Official

‘Pakistani spy was planning 2008 Mumbai style attack’

A Home Ministry official on Friday said that Pakistan High Commission official Mehmood Akhtar caught for espionage was possibly trying to gather information to carry out similar attack akin to 2008 Mumbai terror attack on Indian soil.

Akhtar was trying to gather information pertaining to deployment of security forces along the western coast Sir Creek and Kutch areas and also about military installations in Gujarat Maharashtra and Goa possibly to carry out a strike similar to the 2008 Mumbai terror attack a Home Ministry official said.

quot;There have been intelligence inputs that Pakistan’s ISI was planning to send terrorists through the sea route to carry out a Mumbai-type terror attack in India. Akhtar’s activities and his interests to gather information about the western coast buttress the intelligence inputsquot; the official said.

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Maulana Ramzan and Subhash Jangir were handing over information to Akhtar about security forces deployment in the Sir Creek area and Kutch region when they were arrested Thursday.

The Pakistani official was to hand over the duo Rs.50000 for getting information the official said.

Before being let off because of diplomatic immunity Akhtar confessed to police about his role in the spy ring.

Delhi Police has also done video-recording of his statement.

In his statement to police Akhtar admitted that he was part of the spy ring for more than a year.

He has named a few officers of the Pakistani High Commission whom he was reporting to with all the information but police were yet to take action against them as there was no direct evidence as of now.nbsp;

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