Pakistan ‘spy’ released after 10-year jail term

KANPUR: An alleged Pakistani spy, Mohd Waqas, whose 10-year jail time period ended on Tuesday, was once released by the district jail authorities and handed over to Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) in Kanpur. The LIU will hand him over to Lucknow police to finish formalities of his deportation to Pakistan.

Waqas had come to the town in 2005 and arrested in 2009. A local court docket had convicted and sentenced him to 10 years imprisonment in 2017.

“Mohd Waqas, a Lahore resident, was once lodged in the district jail after being sentenced by the Kanpur court docket. His jail time period ended today (March 12), however he may just not go away for his country as his criminal paperwork weren't in a position. He can be handed over to the Lucknow police, which will deal with him till he is despatched again to his native country,” stated jail superintendent Ashish Tiwari.


“He had long gone underground after his visa and passport wwere allegedly stolen from a city resort in 2005, however on May 27, 2009, he was once arrested in Bithoor house of the town,” stated a senior LIU officer.


Police had then claimed that Waqas was once dwelling in Kanpur under a fake identification and was once amassing and passing on confidential information about Indian army installations to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan.


Waqas was once convicted by the first further district and classes pass judgement on Rajat Singh Jain under the costs of espionage, fabricating cast paperwork and felony conspiracy and punished with 10-year rigorous imprisonment along with a effective of Rs 45,000 on April 2017.


According to prosecution story, Waqas was once nabbed by Special Task Force (STF) on May 25, 2009 from Bithoor, Mandhana.
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