[quote:3fc5d410ee]Indian held in Dubai for selling nuke secrets
Saturday, 12 June , 2004, 23:25
Dubai: A 35-year-old Indian businessman has been arrested by Dubai police for allegedly trying to sell secrets of Indian nuclear development programme obtained from his brother who is said to be a nuclear scientist in India.
Commander-in-Chief of Dubai police Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim told reporters that the Indian Akhtar Hussain Qutbuldin Ahmed, was a UAE resident and "had attempted to sell nuclear secrets to the diplomatic missions of a number of brotherly countries in the UAE," according to Khaleej Times online newspaper.
He was taken into custody after Dubai Police operatives uncovered his attempts to sell secrets of the Indian nuclear development programme, it said.
The arrest came almost two years after a surveillance operation by the security forces to find out whether he had worked with a network. The man wanted to sell the nuclear secrets to regional states for quite some time, it said.
A computer firm in Dubai owned by a Sri Lankan had earlier been sealed by Dubai police in another instance of an expatriate businessman trying to sell nuclear equipment illegally.[/quote:3fc5d410ee]
A spy last week.. this moron this week.. what's going on?!
Dinesh
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Indian held in Dubai for selling nuke secrets
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[quote:9e05dbccc9]Nuke leaks: Ahmed grilled for 18 hours
Sunday, 13 June , 2004, 18:14
Mumbai: The Central intelligence agencies, that were interrogating Akhtar Ahmed, arrested on Saturday night for allegedly selling Indian nuclear secrets, have not been able to establish his proximity to any official concerned with Atomic Energy, sources said.
Although Dubai police has claimed that Ahmed, who was deported to Mumbai, was provided nuclear secrets by his brother, who is a nuclear scientist, central agencies have reportedly not succeeded in deriving the name of his brother during Ahmed’s questioning, sources added.
The Dubai-based businessman was grilled for over 18 hours inside the Terminus building at Sahar International airport, sources said.
Meanwhile, the Atomic Energy Commission has started a probe to find out if any person, as described by Dubai police as Akhtar Ahmed’s brother was working at any of its establishments, sources added.
An important factor that has impeded the probe by central agencies has been lack of documentary evidence against Ahmed.
Mumbai police officials told PTI that they had held Ahmed on oral instruction from Dubai police and there was no written communication from Dubai so far.
Mumbai police, who were involved in Ahmed’s interrogation, withdrew themselves after the case was taken over by the Central agencies.
"We had given back-up support to central agencies last night. We were also interested in the probe since one person by name Akhtar Ahmed is wanted in the 2002/2003 bomb blast, but we are confident that this Akhtar Ahmed is not the one we need," a senior Mumbai police official told PTI.
Meanwhile, sources in central agency, said the Sunday holiday has also slowed down the probe since most of the offices in Delhi are closed and verification is taking time.
Sources also denied that Ahmed was being taken to Delhi, stating that he was still being held in Mumbai.[/quote:9e05dbccc9]
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