The Special Task Force (STF) of the Crime Branch (CB) on Monday sought permission of the court to take Kashmiri fraudster and suspected terrorist Ishaan Bukhari on a seven-day remand for custodial interrogation.
Bukhari is currently lodged at the Ragadi jail in Jajpur district.
Moreover, the National Investigating Agency (NIA) and Punjab and Kashmir police are also likely to join the probe to ascertain Bukhari’s possible terrorist links.
As per reports, Bukhari was in contact with some Pakistani ISI agents. It is suspected that some sensitive data of Indian security installations might have already been leaked to the ISI by Bukhari.
Four mobile phones were recovered from Bukhari out of which two were switched on. The working mobiles phones have been sent for CDR analysis while the other two have been sent to the State Forensic Science Lab (SFSL) for recovery of data.
Bukhari was arrested by a special team of STF following a raid at Neulpur in Jajpur district on Saturday for his alleged links with some suspicious anti-national elements.
Senior STF officials said the accused is also wanted by the Kashmir Police in connection with a case of cheating and forgery there and a non-bailable warrant is pending against him.
STF officials further informed that over 100 documents have been seized from the possession of the accused.
