“Gujarat: Pakistan-origin man arrested for spying in India 17 years after getting citizenship, allegedly sent malware to defence personnel”, Opindia, October 21, 2023:
“On 20th October (Friday), the Gujarat anti-terror squad (ATS) arrested a 53-year-old man named Labhshankar Duryodhan Maheshwari on charges of helping Pakistani agents to get sensitive information about Indian soldiers. Originally from Pakistan, Maheshwari was allegedly spying for Islamabad. According to the police officials, he was infecting the phones of Indian defence personnel with malware forwarded on WhatsApp.
As per the officials, Maheshwari was a Pakistani native and in 1999 he came to Gujarat’s Tarapur town in Anand district. He arrived in Gujarat with his wife for “fertility treatment”. However, he stayed in India and established himself as a successful businessman. Later in 2005, he was granted Indian citizenship. However, his extended family still remained in Pakistan.
ATS superintendent of police Om Prakash Jat said, “Labhshankar Maheshwari, who was living in Tarapur town of Anand district, has been arrested on accusations that he circulated malware through WhatsApp among defence personnel, which was used by Pakistani intelligence agencies to get information from their phones…..”
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