New Delhi, Dec 12 (IANS): Delhi Police Monday claimed to have arrested two Pakistani nationals, who entered India illegally at the behest of Pakistani intelligence to act as its agents.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime Branch) Ashok Chand said a special investigation team apprehended the two Pakistani nationals -- a man and a woman -- from the New Delhi Railway Station for illegally entering India.

"Incriminating material has been recovered from their possession," said Chand.

Chand said that secret information was received that two Pakistani nationals are going to illegally enter India through the India-Nepal border and would come to Delhi.

"On Dec 5, specific information was received that the Pakistani nationals have illegally entered India through Sunauli border at Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh and would be coming to Delhi by the Gorakhdham Express. Acting upon this information, a trap was laid at New Delhi Railway Station and two people were apprehended," he said.

The two have been identified as Imran, 40, a resident of North Nazimabad area of Karachi, and Soofia Kanwal, 38, resident of Sharifabad in Karachi.

Pakistani passports, with no Indian visa or stamp of entry into India, were seized from the two, Chand added.

Apart from this, a national identity card issued by the Pakistani government in Imran's name, a Pakistani citizenship card of Soofia Kanwal, a driving licence of Gujarat in the name of Chippa Imran, an Indian election identity card issued in the same name, an Indian PAN card in the name of Chippa Imran Yusuf and an Indian passport in the name of Imran Yusuf Lafangajiwala issued in 1986 from Ahmedabad were also recovered from the two, he said.

During interrogation, Imran and Soofia Kanwal disclosed their instructions, he said.

"Imran disclosed that he originally belongs to Ahmedabad but migrated to Pakistan in 1988 and acquired Pakistani citizenship. He floated his own textile company in Pakistan, but in 2007-08, incurred huge losses and was in deep financial crisis. Pakistani Intelligence agencies approached him and told him that they would provide him monetary support if he would act for them," Chand said.

Accordingly, he was told in March 2011 that he has to go to India and help settle a woman as a resident agent there. After that he, along with Soofia Kanwal, entered India and was to proceed to Agra, where he would be met by one of his associates and receive further instructions, Chand added.

The associate in Agra has been identified and efforts are on to apprehend him, he said.