Archive · 14 Aug 2026
Bengal STF names five Nepal-based associates of arrested Pakistani spy
Police in a part of India called Bengal caught a man named Wahab Alam.
They say Alam is from Pakistan and works as a spy for a group called ISI.
He was arrested in a town called Habra.
The police found a small computer, called a netbook, that belonged to him.
By looking at the computer, they learned the names of five helpers who live in Nepal.
Alam told police that these helpers passed messages between him and his spy bosses in Pakistan.
The police also learned about another helper named Pavel who lives in Bangladesh.
Alam was planning to run away to Bangladesh, but police stopped him before he could leave.
West Bengal's Special Task Force (STF) secured the names of five Nepal-based associates of Wahab Alam, the arrested Pakistani national with ISI links.
The names were recovered by cracking data from a netbook seized from Alam, who later confessed during interrogation.
The five Nepal-based operators oversaw Alam's franchise business but served as principal contact points between Alam and his ISI handlers in Pakistan.
STF also identified a Bangladesh-based operator named Pavel, operating from Jessore, who was to arrange a safehouse for Alam.
Alam, who entered and settled in West Bengal via Nepal in 2012, planned to escape to Bangladesh; STF seeks details from Nepal and Bangladesh through the Union Ministry of External Affairs' diplomatic channel.
- Who
- Wahab Alam, a Pakistani national with ISI links, arrested by West Bengal's Special Task Force (STF).
- What
- The STF identified five Nepal-based associates of Alam and a Bangladeshi operator named Pavel by cracking netbook data and obtaining Alam's confession.
- When
- Earlier this week, when Alam was arrested from Habra.
- Where
- Habra in North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal; the associates operate from Nepal and from Jessore in Bangladesh.
- Why
- Alam used the Nepal-based operators as indirect communication links with his ISI handlers in Pakistan and was planning to escape to Bangladesh, where Pavel was to arrange a safehouse.
- Suspect
- Wahab Alam, Pakistani national with ISI links
- Arrest location
- Habra, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal
- Nepal-based associates identified
- Five operators
- Bangladesh-based operator
- Pavel, operating from Jessore
- Key evidence
- Netbook data recovered from Alam
- Year Alam settled in West Bengal
- 2012, entered via Nepal
- Escape plan
- Flee to Bangladesh, stay at a safehouse arranged by Pavel, then return after a cooling period
- Diplomatic outreach
- STF seeking details from Nepal and Bangladesh via Union Ministry of External Affairs