Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 01:14pm on 21 Oct 2023,Saturday India
Originally from Pakistan, Labhshankar Duryodhan Maheshwari arrived in Tarapur, Gujarat, in 1999 with his wife for fertility treatment. He later established a successful business and acquired Indian citizenship by early 2006. However, on Thursday, the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) arrested him for allegedly aiding Pakistani agents in accessing sensitive information about the Indian Army. The ATS alleges that Maheshwari assisted Pakistani agents in obtaining an Indian SIM card, which they used to hack the phones of Indian defense personnel's children attending Army schools. Reportedly, he did this in exchange for assistance from Pakistani officials in obtaining visas for his family members.