Kolkata: The West Bengal STF is probing an alleged plan by Pakistan-based handlers to use the arrested woman, an "associate" of a suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed operative, to create an espionage and honey-trap network, a senior officer said on Sunday.
The investigation revealed that suspected terror operative Mohammed Hamim Mondal and his "associate" Arpita Sarkar contacted Pakistan-based handlers through encrypted messaging applications that do not require mobile SIM cards, he said.