NIA raids houses of ISI agent, damning documents seized

LUCKNOW: Two months after lodging an FIR against ISI agent Mohammed Rashid, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted searches at three places in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday.
The searches were carried out at the house of Rashid in Chandauli and his relatives’ places in Lucknow and Varanasi. Uttar Pradesh anti-terrorist squad (ATS) had arrested Mohammed Rashidfrom Chandauli district on January 19 for his links with Pakistan based Inter Services Intelligence (ISI).The case was transferred to NIA on April 6.
On Sunday, NIA sleuths searched residences of Rashid in Chandauli and his relatives in Varanasi and Lucknow and recovered a mobile and some incriminating documents. The seized items would be sent for forensic examination. NIA said that Rashid visited Pakistan twice and during these visits he came in contact with ISI.
Rashid was forwarding photographs of sensitive installations to ISI handlers in Pakistan, the NIA said and added that he also used to inform them about the movement of Armed forces.
Videos and photographs of vital establishments of CRPF, Kashi Vishwanath temple, Gyanvapi mosque, Sankat Mochan temple, Cantt railway station, Dashashwamedh ghat, Malaviya bridge and Cantonment were also passed on to ISI by Rashid, the NIA added.