The Gurugram lawyer who was recently arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI visited Amritsar seven times to collect money, according to his friend Musharraf, who was detained earlier by police.
Musharraf stated that he befriended Rizwan, the arrested lawyer, while he was an intern at the Sohna court in 2022. Later, Musharaaf began practising in the Nuh court, and Rizwan worked at the Gurugram court.
The two kept in touch and engaged in frequent legal dealings and even went on trips several times.
In July, the two drove to the Amritsar Wagah border in his car.
While they visited the Golden Temple, Rizwan had collected a bag of money from some people riding a two-wheeler. Musharraff did not know who they were.
While returning, the two got into an accident in Amritsar. They left the car and travelled by train.
On August 1, the two went to Amritsar again to collect his car, which had crashed.
Musharraf said that the two stayed at a hotel in Amritsar that evening. Rizwan later left that night, saying that he would bring money.
Rizwan had travelled seven such times to Amritsar to collect money from people who were driving a Scorpio and a Skoda car. Rizwan admitted to the police that he had collected Rs 41 in cash, which he then delivered to Ajay Arora.
Officials also found that Rizwan had two bank accounts. A Punjab National Bank account in Tauru and an Indus Bank account in So
The Punjab bank account was closed a few months ago after it exceeded that limit, officials said.
This showed that crores of rupees in Hawala funds were deposited into his account from Pakistani handlers. A large part of the money was used to strengthen the terrorist network in Punjab, they said.
Officials also said that the two lawyers had spoken to each other on the phone shortly before Rizwan was arrested.
Musharraf was also detained by the Nuh police but was released later after the investigators did not find any evidence linking him.
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Nuh police teams are conducting raids across Punjab in relation to the case. The case heightened concerns about the emergence of an alleged ISI-linked espionage network operating in Nuh and Mewat.
