Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Sep 22: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has uncovered a complex financial network used by Pakistani intelligence operatives to pay CRPF Assistant Sub-Inspector Moti Ram Jat for allegedly leaking classified information. The investigation reveals that payments were routed through Dubai, Bangkok, and domestic money transfer channels in India.

Jat, arrested on May 27, had been posted with a CRPF battalion in Pahalgam and transferred to Delhi just five days before the April 22 terror attack that claimed 26 civilian lives.

According to sources, his bank accounts show that he received Rs 1.90 lakh between October 2023 and April 2025 from a Pakistani operative codenamed Salim Ahmed.

Investigators revealed that the payments were disguised through legitimate-looking transactions, including trade-based money laundering, illegal foreign exchange dealings, and domestic transfers using mobile-based services offered by local shops in Delhi and Mumbai.

One key channel involved international trade in goods such as clothing, jewellery, seeds, and footwear. Some Pakistan-made suits entered India via Dubai-based cargo entities, bypassing a 200% import duty imposed after the Pulwama terror attack. Shopkeepers in Delhi and Patna were instructed to make payments via UPI ranging from Rs 3,500 to Rs 12,000, unaware that the money was directed to espionage activities.

Another channel involved forex transactions handled by Indian-origin entities in Bangkok, who acted as associates of Pakistani intelligence operatives. Officials said these layered transactions allowed confidential official secrets to be monetarily compensated without raising immediate suspicion.

The NIA is preparing a detailed chargesheet outlining these operations, exposing how seemingly ordinary trade, travel, and remittance systems were exploited to fund espionage within India.