Hello, I am an ISI agent. But I don’t wish to continue any further and want to remain in India, said a passenger after he got off an Air India flight from Dubai at the IGI Airport on Friday.
Sources said initial investigations revealed that the passenger is mentally unstable and is giving incoherent answers. However, the questioning is going on and a clear picture will emerge only after the passenger’s claims are verified and statements are corroborated, sources added.
“We need to question the man further to get the entire picture. We have figured out that he appears to be mentally deranged as he is replying in fits and starts,” said a senior immigration official involved in the questioning.
Muhammad Ahmad Sheikh Muhammad Rafiq, a Pakistani passport holder, approached a help desk at the airport and conveyed to a lady at the counter that he wanted to share information about Pakistan’s notorious Inter Service Intelligence (ISI).
Taken aback by his statement, the lady quickly informed the Central Industrial Security force officials, who detained him immediately and informed the Central Intelligence agencies.
Rafiq, 38, had arrived in the national Capital by Air India’s flight from Dubai and was further booked to fly for Kathmandu.
However, he did not take the next flight and decided to break journey and walked up to the help-desk counter at the airport.
A team of Intelligence Bureau officials took him to an undisclosed located to question him.
During questioning, Rafiq said he was connected with the ISI but had decided to call it a day and remain in India, officials said.
“Rafiq further said he wanted to quit the ISI and stay in India and also wanted to share information regarding the Pakistani snooping agency,” said the source.
He was whisked away later to another undisclosed destination where he was being questioned by sleuths from various other Central Intelligence agencies, said the source, adding that the claims of the man are being verified.