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Ghaziabad Police Bust Pakistan-Linked WhatsApp Spy Cell, Six Arrested

Investigators now focus on tracing the WhatsApp handler's origin.

Overview

  • Police say the group filmed sensitive sites across Delhi-NCR and Mumbai, sharing photos, videos and precise location data via WhatsApp to a foreign number carrying Pakistan’s country code.
  • A hidden camera was allegedly installed months earlier at Delhi Cantt railway station to provide live images of the area to the handler.
  • Six suspects were detained in the Kaushambi/Bhowapur area and eight mobile phones were seized during the operation.
  • Cases were registered under Sections 152 and 61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act.
  • Investigators report paid assignments of Rs 10,000–15,000 and efforts to recruit more participants, with forensics retrieving deleted data and call records to the Pakistan-linked contact under scrutiny.