A big conspiracy that is endangering the security of the country has been exposed. In a joint action, Kaushambi police station and Special Investigation Team have exposed a gang which was passing confidential information about important establishments and security bases of India to people sitting abroad. A total of 9 accused have been arrested in this case, including 5 minors. Police have recovered 9 mobile phones, 10 SIM cards and 2 CCTV cameras from them.
The whole matter started on 14 March 2026, when the police station Kaushambi Police Information was received that the activities of some youth living in Bhowapur area are suspicious and may be against the national interest.
According to the information, these youth were making videos of railway stations, security forces bases and other important places and sending them to people sitting abroad. Not only this, these people were also luring other youth into this work by luring them with money.
Taking this input seriously, the police registered a case in Kaushambi police station, in which a case was registered under Section 61(2)/152 of BNS and Section 3/5 of the Official Act. After this, the police team took immediate action and arrested 5 men and 1 woman. During investigation of his mobile phone, many objectionable videos, photos and important locations were found, which were directly related to the security of the country.
Considering the seriousness of the case, a special investigation team was formed on the instructions of higher officials. ACP Indirapuram, Crime Branch, Intelligence Department, Cyber Crime Team and SWAT Team were included in this team. SIT started intensive interrogation by taking the arrested accused on police remand from March 17, 2026.
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Many big revelations were made during the interrogation. It came to light that this entire gang was being operated from across the border. The main handlers of the gang are Suhail Malik, Naushad Ali and Sameer alias Shooter. On their instructions, the accused present in different parts of India used to conduct recce of railway stations, security forces bases and other important establishments and send their photos, videos and GPS locations abroad.
On March 20, 2026, the SIT took further action and arrested 9 more accused, including 5 minors. The names of Ganesh, Vivek, Gagan Kumar Prajapati and Durgesh Nishad have emerged among the arrested accused. All of these are connected to different states and cities, including connections to Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Nepal.
During interrogation, it was also revealed that the accused used to install a special application in their mobile phones, through which they used to share location and data. Training to run this app was given online by the handlers sitting abroad.
The gang's conspiracy was not limited to this. The accused had installed SIM-based standalone CCTV cameras running on solar system at important places like Delhi Cantt Railway Station and Sonipat Railway Station. Live feed of these cameras was also being sent abroad. The police have recovered such cameras at the behest of the accused. Investigation has also revealed that there were plans to install similar cameras at about 50 more places.
Apart from this, another dangerous method of the gang has come to light. The accused used to send OTPs received on Indian mobile numbers abroad, so that people sitting there could run WhatsApp and social media accounts from these numbers. For this the accused used to take Rs 500 to Rs 5000.
To obtain SIM cards, these people used methods like snatching, buying pre-activated SIMs through agents and taking SIMs in their own or family's name. After this the OTPs of these SIM cards were sent abroad.
The accused used the UPI platform for money transactions, but did not withdraw money directly into their accounts. Instead, they used to get cash by transferring money through public service centers or shops, so that they could avoid the attention of the police.
Investigation has also revealed that this gang mainly included such youth who were technically competent, like mobile mechanics, CCTV operators or people related to computers. Also, those youth were targeted who were in great need of money.
At present, the police is busy searching for the absconding accused Naushad Ali and Sameer alias Shooter. The investigating agencies are investigating more deeply the international connections of this entire network and the conspiracy behind it. This matter is considered very sensitive from the point of view of the country's security and there may be bigger revelations in it in the coming time.
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