The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) hasarrested another member of a sleeper cell of Indian spy agency, Researchand Analysis Wing (RAW), FIA officials said on Saturday. “ASI Musawwir Naqvi, an official of special branch police, is a keymember of RAW sleeper cell,” FIA officials said. Accused ASI was on dutyat surveillance unit at Karachi airport, officials said. The accused was recruited in Sindh Police in year 1991. According to FIAofficials, accused had visited India in 2008 to get training forsubversive activities. Accused ASI Musawwir Naqvi was involved in facilitating his accomplicesat airport and was also involved in targeted killings and terrorismactivities, FIA sources said. “Arrested policeman is affiliated with MQM’s London group,” officialsclaimed. The investigation agency had earlier also arrested another ASIof Karachi police under same charges. “Six accused involved in activities of Indian spy agency have beenarrested earlier,” FIA sources said. A joint investigation team (JIT)investigating the accused arrested in the case, FIA officials said.Earlier, anti-terrorism wing of the FIA had arrested Asif Siddiqui, akey member of Researchand Analysis Wing (RAW) sleeper cell from Karachi. The arrested man was aGrade-17 government employee and was involved in sending informationabout security agencies to India in emails, officials claimed. The accused was also sending photographs of sensitive security placesand other details to India in emails, officials said. The accused wassaid to be employed at SITE in Karachi.It is pertinent to mention here that the Police had recently claimedarresting ShahidIlyas alias ‘Muttahida’ and two accomplices in Karachi allegedly affiliated with the Indian spy agency. Additional Inspector General (AIG) Ghulam Nabi Memon in a pressconference had said that the arrested person identified as Shahid aliasMuttahida is the head of RAW’s terror wing.
