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Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Espionage case: 800 members of Varanasi man's WhatsApp groups on ATS radar
LUCKNOW The UP Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) is scanning credentials of around 800 people added to 19 'anti-national' WhatsApp groups operated by Tufail Maqsood, 34, who was arrested by the agency from Varanasi on May 21 on charges of spying for Pakistan, said officials on Friday. The details have been retrieved from Tufail's phone and credentials of people linked to his social media network are being cross-checked, said officials interrogating the accused. Tufail Maqsood, Delhi resident Mohd Harun, 45, who was arrested from Noida by UP ATS on May 21 and Rampur resident Shahzad Wahab, 35, who was nabbed in the same connection from Moradabad on May 18, are in ATS custody for interrogation. An ATS official said Tufail created around 19 WhatsApp groups to connect with different people of seven east UP districts including Varanasi, Jaunpur, Mau, Bhadohi, Mirzapur, Chandauli and Ghazipur. He allegedly radicalised them in the name of religion by posting inflammatory speeches of clerics and terror group 'leaders'. 'He posted content related to 'establishing Muslim rule in India before 2047 and enforcing Shariat law in the country'. And these contents were shared to him by a Pakistani woman Nafisa, whom he was in touch with for the past four months after coming in contact through social media platforms,' the official said. He said Nafisa's social media profile revealed that she was in touch with 240 youths in India, including six from UP districts including Varanasi, Lucknow, Bareilly, Kannauj, Moradabad and Rampur. 'It is suspected that Pakistan's secret agency ISI has been using Nafisa to connect with Indian youths and radicalise them to rope them in for spying and other nefarious activities,' added the official. Nafisa is suspected to have built a strong network of Indian youths and spreading hatred by inciting Muslim youths in the name of religion and atrocities on minorities in the country. She had roped in Tufail to make strengthen her network among youths, the official said. Earlier, the ATS had claimed that Tufail Maqsood, a resident of Jaitpura, Varanasi, was in touch with at least 600 Pakistani mobile numbers and shared sensitive information related to India's security. The agency stated that Tufail is highly radicalised as he used to share videos of banned Pak-based terror outfit Tehreek-e-Labbek's leader Maulana Shaad Rizvi and content related to 'revenge for Babri mosque demolition'.
India.com
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- India.com
This beautiful actress died by suicide after being...., Sharmila Tagore is her..., name was...
The actress we are talking about here was once a Femina Miss India Universe. She was a model, VJ and actress. Very beautiful, but the end was such that you will shudder to know. This actress had gained a lot of fame in a short time. But when she was betrayed in love in her personal life, she embraced death. This actress also had a relationship with Sharmila Tagore. This was Nafisa Joseph. Nafisa Joseph committed suicide by hanging herself in her Mumbai flat on 29 July 2004. Nafisa's parents had then said that their daughter took this step because her marriage had broken. Nafisa's father was a Malayali and her mother was Bengali. pic: Sony TV YouTube Nafisa Joseph was about to marry businessman Gautam Khanduja. According to Nafisa's parents, the daughter took this step because her marriage had broken down. Nafisa Joseph came to know that Gautam Khanduja was still married, and the divorce had not happened, whereas he had told Nafisa that he had been divorced for two years. Saddened by this, Nafisa hanged herself. When Gautam Khanduja was questioned by the police, he refused to answer questions about his married life or show the divorce papers. pic: Wikipedia and social media. Nafisa Joseph was related to Sharmila Tagore. Actually, Nafisa's mother Bengali Usha Joseph was from Rabindranath Tagore's family. Nafisa's mother and actress is Sharmila Tagore's cousin. In this way Sharmila Tagore is Nafisa's aunt. Nafisa Joseph started modelling at the age of 12, and then participated in the Miss India pageant in 1997. She was the youngest participant to take part in this beauty pageant. Nafisa Joseph was the winner of Miss India and then participated in Miss India Universe. In this, she managed to reach the top-10 finalists. After this, Nafisa Joseph entered the world of VJ and acting. She worked as a VJ for MTV, and also appeared in the TV show CATS. She also hosted many shows. Not only this, Nafisa Joseph also played a role in the film 'Taal', in which Aishwarya Rai was in the lead role. Her parents said that Nafisa took this step because her marriage was broken. Actually, Nafisa was going to marry businessman Gautam Khanduja. A few weeks before the wedding, Nafisa came to know that Gautam, who was already married, had not yet divorced his wife. Hurt by this, Nafisa hanged herself to death. Nafisa's parents had also accused Gautam Khanduja of forcing their daughter to commit suicide. But Gautam denied this. He clarified that his and Nafisa's engagement had already been broken. Therefore, this does not become a reason for committing suicide.
