New Delhi: A 42-year-old man, identified as Haseen, was arrested Saturday from Rajasthan’s Deeg, days after his younger brother Kasim was taken into custody by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police, for allegedly being part of an espionage racket run by Pakistan Intelligence Operatives (PIOs) in India.
The brothers have been booked under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including for threatening the sovereignty of India. They have been accused by the Delhi Police of providing Indian SIM cards to PIOs and sensitive military inputs.
According to sources, the two had allegedly provided a SIM card that was being used to attempt to “honey trap” a senior official of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Haseen had started visiting Pakistan about 15 years ago and developed contacts with the Inter-Services Intelligence over the last four-five years, sources said. “After Haseen’s passport expired, he sent SIM cards through his younger brother. In August, 2024, he sent a SIM card to Pakistan through Kasim, one which was in his name, which was used by the PIO,” a source told ThePrint.
“Haseen has accepted in his interrogation that he sent pictures of Army establishments to PIOs, and received money in lieu of that. He also provided OTP to activate WhatsApp in Pakistan. His ISI handlers also helped him get Pakistan visas for his younger brother Kasim, his jeeja (brother-in-law) and sister, when they had gone to Pakistan in August 2024,” another source said.
Both brothers had received training on how to gather military intelligence, and also built more contacts in India, sources added. They had also allegedly been trained to identify friend circles of officials in military intelligence and DRDO.
They said that in September, an input was received about Indian mobile numbers being used by PIOs for espionage activities in India. Probe revealed that Kasim had visited Pakistan twice, first in August 2024, and for the second time in March 2025, when he stayed there for about 90 days, and also met ISI operatives.
“By using these SIMs on WhatsApp, PIOs were communicating with Indians for extracting sensitive information of installations related to Army and other government offices. Further investigation is underway to unearth this conspiracy,” the first source said.
(Edited by Mannat Chugh)
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