West Bengal STF arrests three in Coochbehar over suspected Pakistan-ISI links

Image used for representation | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphotos The three accused had been smuggling Indian SIM cards to Pakistan via Bangladesh. They were also found running a fake currency racket.Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police on Saturday (August 15, 2026) arrested three people from Coochbehar’s Sahebganj for suspected association with the Pakistan-based intelligence unit, Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The development comes only three days after the STF also held two people including a Pakistani national Rana Rauf from North 24 Parganas’s Bongaon for allegedly spying on the Indian Railway Services and Indian Army on behalf of ISI since 2012. Meanwhile, the Bengaluru Police in Karnataka also arrested another resident of North 24 Parganas, Asaful Mallick, for a