Police custody of ‘spy’ extended

NEW DELHI: A trial court on Friday extended by five days the police custody of Zubair Khan who was held for allegedly working for a Pakistani intelligence agency and was found possessing secret documents relating to Indian army which were to be supplied to an “agent” of Pakistan High Commission here.
Additional chief metropolitan magistrate Manish Yaduvanshi extended Zubair’s police custody by five days.Zubair, a resident of UP, was earlier remanded in two-day police custody on July 18 following his arrest by the crime branch of Delhi Police on July 17.
The police told the court that Zubair was apprehended near Kalindi Kunj Park. When he was searched, confidential documents and photographs pertaining to Indian army were recovered.
During interrogation, Zubair disclosed that he was working for a Pakistan intelligence agency and was in contact with some officials of Pakistan High Commission here and that the recovered documents were to be handed over to that agent of the Commission, police told the court.