Overview

• The West Bengal STF arrested Mukesh Rajak and Rakesh Kumar Gupta on July 5–6 in Purba Bardhaman on confirmed suspicions of coordinating with Pakistan’s ISI.
• The duo formalized their cover by founding the NGO Grace Fellowship in March 2022 to mask their espionage activities.
• Under police questioning, they admitted using multiple Indian identity cards to buy prepaid SIMs and handing over activated numbers and OTPs to ISI handlers.
• Investigators have seized the suspects’ mobile phones and SIM cards and are analyzing call and chat logs to reconstruct their communication links.
• Forensic teams are examining the recovered devices to identify additional accomplices and determine the full extent of the espionage network.