Mohammand Eizaz alias Mohammad Kalam. Documents recovered from him show that he is a resident of Taramadi Chowk, Irfanabad in Islamabad, Pakistan. (PTI Photo) Mohammand Eizaz alias Mohammad Kalam. Documents recovered from him show that he is a resident of Taramadi Chowk, Irfanabad in Islamabad, Pakistan. (PTI Photo)

THE UTTAR Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Friday arrested Pakistani national Mohammad Eizaz alias Mohammad Kalam for allegedly sending vital information about the Indian Army to Pakistani intelligence agency ISI. He was staying in Bareilly district since December, 2014.

Eizaz, a resident of Islamabad in Pakistan, was arrested from Meerut Cantt area while on his way to Delhi. Police claimed to have recovered several documents related to the Indian Army, cellphone, laptop, pen drives, a fake voter identity card from West Bengal, a fake Aadhaar card with a Bareilly address, a photocopy of Nadar Card (Pakistani identity card) and other items from him.

“During interrogation, the accused revealed that in 2012, he had come in contact with the ISI. It trained him to work in India. He had to send information about the Army from western UP and Uttarakhand,” IG (STF) Sujeet Pandey told mediapersons in Lucknow.

The STF had received inputs that a Pakistani had been sent to western UP through Bangladesh to collect information about activities of the Army. “On a tip-off that Eizaz will leave for Delhi from Meerut Cantt station with sensitive and secret information of the Army, the STF team arrested him,” the IG said. His identity was ascertained from the documents recovered from him.

STF officials said that during questioning, Eizaz confessed that he worked for the ISI and that he had sent several vital information about the Indian Army to Pakistan, including movements of troops. Eizaz also said that his family in Pakistan were in the business of photography and videography.

“In India, Eizaz was doing photography and videography to collect information and procured a Aadhaar card from Bareilly with help of a local,” Pandey said, adding that Eizaz had been paid Rs 5.8 lakh till date and his family was paid Rs 50,000 per month in Pakistan.

Eizaz told the police that he came in contact with ISI officials in 2012 after the death of his father, who used to work at the Agricultural Research Center in Islamabad. The ISI officials trained him to work in India, he claimed. In 2013, he was sent to Dhaka on a Pakistani passport with the name of Mohammad Kalam. He claimed that on reaching Dhaka, he met one Probeen, who took all his documents provided by the ISI.

STF officials said Probeen helped Eizaz cross the border and introduced him to Mohammad Irshad — a resident of South-24 Parganas district in West Bengal. There, Irshad prepared fake documents for Eizaz using Kalam’s name with the help of his relative Jahangeer, a resident of Kolkata. The documents prepared there included a voter ID card, a junior high school certificate and ration card.

“While staying in Kolkata, Eizaz came in contact with one Rahees, who introduced him to one Asma — a resident of Arrah district in Bihar. In Kolkata, Eizaz was into photography and videography business with Rahees,” said an official.

He added that in October, 2014, Eizaz married Asma. He stayed with her for two months and later shifted to Bareilly in December, 2014. In Bareilly, Eizaz used to stay as Kalam. He again started again doing photography and videography and through a local, Eizaz arranged a fake Aadhaar card with Kalam’s name and a Bareilly address.

“While staying in Bareilly, Eizaz collected information about the movement of troops stationed in Bareilly and Uttarakhand. He also shot video of emergency landing of Mirage fighter jet of the Air Force on the Agra-Yamuna Expressway,” said an official.

An FIR against Eizaz has been registered at Sadar Bazar police station in Meerut.

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