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Bangladeshis used chameleon disguise: STF

THEY WOULD celebrate all Hindu festivals with fervour and ignore Muslim rituals despite observing Islam. That?s chameleon tactics, dubbed STF men. The three Bangladeshi national trapped by STF sleuths on Monday were even used to speak strongly against Pakistan merely to intensify belief of people around them here.

Published on: Oct 25, 2006, 24:03:00 IST
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THEY WOULD celebrate all Hindu festivals with fervour and ignore Muslim rituals despite observing Islam. That’s chameleon tactics, dubbed STF men. The three Bangladeshi national trapped by STF sleuths on Monday were even used to speak strongly against Pakistan merely to intensify belief of people around them here.

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ISI had placed the trio in UP to assist its module in various operations. Basic job of the three was to provide hideouts and make other arrangements for ISI agents as dictated by the bosses. Sonu, one among three, was the man who used to communicate with ISI bosses in PoK .

ASP STF Rajesh Pandey said they succeeded tracing Sonu first while going through international phone calls during the course of routine surveillance. They spotted calls made by one person from one number frequently to different numbers in South Africa, Dubai and Bangladesh.

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