Suspected ISI agent remanded in 14 days police custody

Kolkata: A suspected ISI agent, arrested from central Kolkata, was on Sunday remanded in police custody for 14 days by a city court.

Magistrate Edel Lamasa granted the prosecution's plea of "full term police custody" (14 days) for 51-year-old Akhtar Khan.

The Special Task Force (STF) unit of Kolkata Police had on Saturday arrested Khan from the central part of the city for his alleged links with Pakistan's ISI. Khan has been booked under IPC sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 121 (waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against the Government of India), 121A (conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121), 122 (collecting arms etc with intention of waging war against the Government of India), 489B (using as genuine forged or counterfeit currency notes or bank notes) and 489C (possession of forged or counterfeit currency-notes or bank-notes).

According to a highly-placed STF source, during the preliminary investigation, it had emerged that Khan alia Mohammed Javed alias Raju was a resident of Collin Street and also has another address at Topsia Road.

STF was conducting searches in and around the city for Khan's accomplices.

"High-quality FICN (fake Indian currency notes) seized from him may have been brought in from across the border with Nepal and we are looking for those who have helped him in bringing FICN here. There are at least six to seven persons involved with Khan," the STF source said.

The police was also investigating if Khan had gone to Pakistan in the 80s and returned to the city in 2008 after undergoing training. Meanwhile, a brother of Khan alleged that he was being framed by the police and said he was not involved in any form of illegal activity.

"He was missing since November 7 and we had lodged a missing complaint with the Tiljala Police Station three days later on November 10. We think he was picked up by the police which prepared all fake documents against Khan. This is a conspiracy," he alleged.