Did Mangaluru cooker blast accused Shariq have links with ISI?

MANGALURU: Mangaluru cooker blast accused Mohammed Shariq may have had links with Pakistani ISI agents, investigations have revealed.

Recently, the Odisha special task force (STF) arrested Pritam Kar, a native of Bhurunga village in Jajpur district in an OTP sharing scam case. Pritam Kar is also alleged to have provided a mobile SIM card and a debit card to an ISI agent, who then passed on the SIM card to Shariq.

The Odisha STF has provided the details to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) which is investigating the Mangaluru cooker blast case.

Pritam Kar is accused of anti-national activities, cyber crimes, hacking bank accounts and selling fake SIM cards.