Archive · 13 Aug 2026
Arrested Pakistani national used co-accused's father's name for Indian IDs
A man named Wahab Alam is from Pakistan, a country that is not India.
The police say he sneaked into India in 2012, and that is against the law.
He wanted to look like an Indian citizen, so he got special Indian ID cards.
To get those cards, he used the name of his friend's father.
The police found out and arrested him in a town called Habra.
They think he was working for Pakistan's spy group, called the ISI.
They say he was asked to find out secrets about India's army, navy, and trains.
He also used many different phone cards to talk to the spies, throwing each one away after a short time.
Before he was caught, he tried to run away, and he planned to escape to Bangladesh.
Wahab Alam, a Pakistani national, was arrested in Habra, West Bengal, after illegally entering India in 2012 via Nepal.
An STF investigation found Alam used the name of co-accused Mohammad Izaz's father to obtain Indian Aadhaar, PAN and EPIC cards.
Alam was flagged under the 'logical discrepancy' category during West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision exercise and skipped a BLO hearing before fleeing.
He intended to escape to Bangladesh and was allegedly assigned by Pakistan's ISI to collect information on the Indian Army, Navy and Railways in the eastern sector.
Alam used multiple prepaid SIM cards, procured with his Indian documents, to contact his ISI handlers, destroying SIMs after a couple of communications.
- Who
- Wahab Alam, a Pakistani national arrested in West Bengal, along with co-accused Mohammad Izaz; the investigation was led by the Special Task Force (STF).
- What
- Alam illegally entered India in 2012, obtained Indian identity documents using Izaz's father's name, and is alleged to have collected information about the Indian Army, Navy and Railways for Pakistan's ISI.
- When
- No exact date is given; the arrest followed Alam's failure to appear at a booth level officer hearing during West Bengal's Special Intensive Revision exercise.
- Where
- Habra, North 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India.
- Why
- Suspected of spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), which allegedly assigned him to gather information about India's armed forces and Railways in the eastern sector.
- Arrested person
- Wahab Alam (Pakistani national)
- Co-accused
- Mohammad Izaz
- Place of arrest
- Habra, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal
- Year of illegal entry
- 2012 (via Nepal)
- Investigation agency
- Special Task Force (STF)
- Identity documents obtained
- Aadhaar card, PAN card, EPIC card
- Alleged handler
- Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)
- Intelligence targets
- Indian Army, Navy and Railways (eastern sector)