OTP sharing with Pakistan Intelligence operatives: NIA, Mumbai ATS to quiz accused in Bhubaneswar

In a major development, a team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and Mumbai Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) will be interrogating Abhijeet Sanjay Jambure, who was recently arrested by the Odisha Special Task Force (STF), over his alleged involvement in sharing of OTP with Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs).

The accused, Abhijeet Sanjay Jambure, was arrested from Pune, Maharashtra on June 29 and was brought to Bhubaneswar on a transit report. Abhijeet, a Graduate in Statistics from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel University, Gujarat, was working in WIPRO (a Software company) in Pune.

The development assumes significance as the top agencies will try to ascertain more information from the accused regarding his links with Pakistani Intelligence/ Pakistani Army Intelligence Officials.

Earlier, the STF officials had informed that Abhijeet met one Danish alias Syed Danish Ali Naqvi of Khanki, Faislabad, Pakistan through Facebook Messenger, who identified himself as Freelancer at “Chegg” in 2018.

It was Danish who introduced Abhijeet to his friend -Khurram alias Abdul Hamid of Karachi. Khurram is believed to be a senior Pakistan Army intelligence officer having a big base/network of agents in India.

As per the instruction of Khurram, Abhijeet used to transfer money to various PIOs working in India. Abhijeet also talked to at least seven Pakistan citizens and 10 Nigerian Citizens through WhatsApp.