Wednesday, January 20, 2010

The Spy who ran away!!!!!!!!!

THE SPY WHO RAN AWAY!!!
Our day starts off with newspaper reading. Newspapers have always been a source of information to all of us. But the fact that the media as a whole has a very important and responsible role to play has been identified by a very few.
We like or we dont like it Spying is the worlds oldest... profession and many dare devils have done a lot for their Nation State when they crossed the borders to collect information and transform it into INTEL. It is the complete responsibility of the Security set up of that Nation State to identify and neutralise these covert threats.
When India was engaged in countering the Pakistani threat on the high mountain peaks in 1999 Sayeed Ahmed alias Mohammed Desai was engaged in spying on Military Establishments in Khadki. Once he was arrested the newspapers and the internet kept writing about him. My objective is not to narrate what happened when he was arrested, but to give an insight as to where the complete system faltered.
We talk of Spies and Spy Rings. May it be Inder Badhan Bhatt, Chaman Shaikh or the latest catch Shailesh Jadhav, we take pride in reporting that these people were nabbed but have we ever thought how important it is to address this issue from a very logical angle. It was reported in a pro-Desai manner by one E-Newspaper of the city that certain circumstances have forced the ISI spy to stay back in the Sahakarnagar Police Station. According to me if at all the person who wrote this was uncomfortable with the fact that Desai cannot go back home (Read the country with maximum number of Terrorist Camp - Pakistan) he was free to arrange a special flight for his dear friend Desai. The damage done by Desai and people connected to him is still unknown.
Also the circumstances in which he vanished were very interesting. A police man takes a person who has already been proved guilty under the Official Secrets Act, a citizen of Pakistan for breakfast to nearby joint and the policeman moves out of the scene. Sometime back my friend forgot his wallet and was stopped by a policeman for a driving licence check. He requested the man in Khaki to let him go back home and bring his wallet, but then he was not allowed. Though my friend was at fault as he did not carry his licence when he was driving, the point that I want to make is how on earth did the policeman develop trust with an ISI agent???
Its interesting to bring to your notice that since 1999 this complete thing was given importance by a leading Middle East English Language Daily http://www.arabnews.com/.
on 25th January, 08 one Shahid Raza Burney of the same English Daily reported and I quote, “Since Desai’s clothes and other valuables were at the police station, we expected him to return soon,” Inspector Shaikh said. The statement if at all is authentic I cant stop laughing.
Rest all is up to the system. The system which is strictly used to hunt down the man on the run. The fact that he has visited places like Hyderabad makes the issue a little more serious. http://www.arabnews.com/

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