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Probe Into ISI’s Chinese-CCTV Spy Ring Widens to Maharashtra and Key Transit Hubs

Investigators say low-cost solar SIM cameras on a Chinese platform funneled live feeds to Pakistani handlers.

A busy toll plaza with multiple vehicles queues up, highlighting how such transit points became key targets in the alleged surveillance network. (IANS)
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Representative image of solar-powered CCTV cameras installed at public locations for monitoring and surveillance. (IANS)
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Overview

  • Police say the bust of a Ghaziabad-based module exposed nine EseeCloud cameras streaming live views for months from defence and Central Armed Police Forces sites across Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir.
  • Fresh leads show the tasking expanded beyond military sites to railway stations and toll plazas, with operatives trying to plant up to 50 solar, SIM-enabled units and at least two cameras sending live footage from Delhi Cantonment and Sonipat railway stations before removal.
  • Maharashtra traced links to Mumbai and Pune, removed five suspect cameras, and ordered a statewide CCTV audit while freezing new purchases tied to Chinese vendors.
  • Investigators say the alleged ringleader, Suhail Malik, posed as a bakery worker from 2020 to 2025 to install cameras for fees of about ₹8,000 to ₹10,000 per unit to track Army cantonments, rail hubs and security movements.
  • The probe points to an ISI handler called Captain Rana, ties to Babbar Khalsa networks and sleeper cells in Europe and Dubai, and funding via UPI, prompting coordinated audits to determine what data left India and whether more nodes remain active.