Archive · 24 May 2025
ISI Uses Delhi Embassy for Espionage, Exploiting Vulnerabilities
Imagine spies from Pakistan working at their embassy in Delhi.
They pretend to help people with visas but actually try to get secrets.
They ask for SIM cards, make getting a visa difficult, and offer money or favors.
They might ask someone to take pictures of important places, like military bases.
These spies work for ISI, Pakistan's intelligence agency, trying to find out information about India.
The police have caught some spies, but it's difficult because the spies have diplomatic protection.
ISI agents, disguised as diplomats, operate from the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi.
PIOs target vulnerable visa applicants to recruit them for espionage.
Recruitment often begins with requests for SIM cards and manipulation of visa applications.
Targets are coerced or enticed to gather information on military installations and other sensitive locations.
Delhi Police have previously exposed and expelled ISI officers involved in these activities.
- Who
- ISI agents, Pakistani intelligence officers (PIOs), vulnerable Indian citizens, and Delhi Police.
- What
- ISI using the Pakistan High Commission to recruit and manipulate Indian citizens for espionage.
- When
- Ongoing, with incidents in 2016 and 2022.
- Where
- Pakistan High Commission in Delhi and various locations across India.
- Why
- To gather sensitive information on India's military, government, and other sensitive sectors, and to carry out espionage activities.
- ISI
- Pakistan's intelligence agency
- Primary Location
- Pakistan High Commission, Delhi
- Departments of Operation
- Visa section and grievance sections
- Modus Operandi
- Recruitment via visa applications
- Year of Key Incidents
- 2016, 2022
- Tactics Used
- Coercion, blackmail, enticements
- Targets
- Military, government installations
