The 22-year-old woman, identified as Tania Parvin, who was arrested in West Bengal on March 19, for suspected links with Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), was trying to honey-trap Indian soldiers, officials who interrogated said, reports Hindustan Times. She arrested from her residence at the Bangladesh-bordering Malayapur village, within Baduria Police Station jurisdiction in North 24- Paraganas District.
“It has come to our notice while investigating the contents in her mobile phones that she was trying to befriend soldiers in the India Army using Facebook and WhatsApp. She was evidently trying to honey-trap them. However, it seems she was yet to get any success,” said an officer at the Special Task Force (STF) of West Bengal Police who is part of the investigation.
Ajay Kumar Nand, inspector general of STF, said that they have unearthed the woman’s direct links with terrorists based in Pakistan. “Her direct connection with LeT operatives based in Pakistan has been established. She was using the dark web to interact with them. We expect her interrogation to provide us with further leads in busting the whole network,” Nand said.
Government pleader Arun Kumar Pal of Basirhat court said that the woman had been booked under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 121 (waging war against the government), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 124A (sedition), and 66F (cyber-terrorism) of the Information Technology Act. “Two mobile phones, two Indian SIM cards and a diary have been recovered from her possession,” Pal said.