Suspected individual detained near international border in Kathua, questioning on
JAMMU: Border Security Force (BSF) personnel detained a person near the International Border (IB) in Marheen area of Hiranagar in Kathua district of Jammu and Kashmir after detecting suspicious calls from a Pakistani number on his mobile phone.
Sources said around 10:20 pm on Sunday, BSF troops observed a person sitting on the roadside between Shaap Nala bridge and village Chhanlaldin under suspicious circumstances. He was frisked and his phone checked. The call history revealed that he had received three missed WhatsApp calls from a Pakistani number. The individual had received a WhatsApp call from the same number for a duration of four minutes on Aug 17 last year.
A WhatsApp text message saying 'OK' was also received from the same number at 5:58 pm on Aug 16 in 2024.
Sources said the suspect was immediately taken into custody and was later handed over to the special operations group of J&K Police for questioning to find out the nature of his contacts and cross-border links.
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