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Jail term over, Pak spy nabbed in TN deported to Sri Lanka
Mohamed Zakir Hussein, the Pakistan spy from Sri Lanka who was nabbed in Tamil Nadu five years ago, has been deported by Indian authorities. He was the first spy of Sri Lankan origin convicted in the State. Zakir Hussein, who had named Colombo-based Pak diplomat as his handler, was facing threat to his life while he was lodged in the jails in the State.
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“He was deported two weeks ago to his native Sri Lanka after completing his jail term of five years. He had no visa to stay in India. So, he was sent to his home country.
The NIA court in Chennai had convicted him for criminal conspiracy, possession of counterfeit currency, conspiring and knowingly tried to commit a terror act in November 2014, six months after he was arrested in the city,” NIA sources told DT Next.
Zakir was arrested for collecting details of vital installation including US consulate in Chennai, Israel mission in Bengaluru and Indian naval base in Visakhapatnam. He was picked up from a lodge in Mannadi on April 28, 2014, by Q branch officials based on an Intelligence Bureau alert. The case was later handed over to the NIA.
Zakir Hussain was groomed to be a spy by Amir Subair Siddique, a Pakistan diplomat based in Colombo since December 2012. Over the years, Zakir had met the diplomat many times in Colombo and was acting as per the instruction from Pakistan official, who has been cited as absconding by the NIA.
According to NIA, Zakir Hussein had clicked pictures of US consulate in Chennai and emailed the images to Pakistan officials in Colombo. He was asked to establish contact with second level security officials of the consulate to get information on movement of vehicles of US officials.
Zakir was also introduced to other members of the squad that was planning to bring explosives to Chennai and plant bomb in US consulate in the city.
After the conviction, Zakir was shifted to different jails because of threat for his life. NIA has been trying to nab Amir Subair Siddique during the last five years by building pressure through international channel but without success.
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