Special Task Fore arrested ISI agent in Varanasi

Varanasi, Feb1: The Special Task Force (STF) and the city police have arrested an alleged ISI agent from a cyber cafe here.

Javed Akhtar (38), who had been staying in the temple city for the past 14 days in rented accommodation, was arrested last night from a cyber cafe in Sikrawl area under Cantonment police station, police today said.

A resident of Subzi Mandi, Allahabad, Akhtar was trained by the ISI for a week in Lahore in the year 2006.

Akhtar's brief was to send details about the strategic defence installations to his masters through an e-mail account -- [email protected].

His modus operandi was to save the details of his input in the 'Save Draft' folder. The account was then opened by his handlers to download the details. Akhtar was paid Rs 5,000 per month for his work.

A diagramatic sketch of the Allahabad-based Harish Chandra Atomic Research Centre was recovered from his possession.

The STF and the city police were alerted about his activities after obtaining the details of his cell phone, which he used to communicate to his masters.

UNI