Sayeed told police he was asked to pass on the information via e-mail
Sayeed told police he was asked to pass on the information via e-mail
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The spy, arrested from the Indira Gandhi International Airport on Sunday, used to live in Shahadra, east Delhi, where he ran a small mobile repair shop.
Sayeed was on his way to Dubai when he was arrested by the sleuths of special cell.
Police sources told MiD DAY that Sayeed had been sent with the primary responsibility of "measuring" flyovers and bridges in the capital and some of them on the highways connecting the capital to neighbouring states.
Sayeed told investigators he had been asked to collect the information and e-mail it to his masters in Pakistan. However, he was not sure for what the data was required.
Special cell officers told MiD DAY that it might be used to land aerial vehicles during a terror strike. "Though nothing definitive could be said right now, but we are sure to solve the jigsaw puzzle soon."
Before coming to India, Sayeed worked as a taxi driver in Lahore since the late 1980s. He had also worked in a rubber factory in Lahore.u00a0
Sayeed who was working as a driver with Bansal Travels in Delhi had an easy way to execute his plans. "He would go to hill stations with families who hired the car and would work during free time. It isn't clear why he went to the hill stations though," said a senior special cell officer, requesting anonymity.
On spy trail
Mohammad Sayeed went to Dhaka from Bangladesh in a Biman flight. After staying in Dhaka, he went to Nepal and stayed at a friend's place in Biratnagar from where he reached Delhi.
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