Top intelligence sources have exclusively confirmed to CNN-News18 that the Visa Section of the Pakistan High Commission (PHC) in New Delhi is being systematically misused as a hub for espionage, functioning as a “soft entry point" to identify, recruit, and groom vulnerable Indian nationals for intelligence work.

The latest confirmation of this modus operandi comes with the September 30 arrest of Waseem Akram , a civil engineer from Palwal, under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) and the new Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Akram was acting as a courier and data supplier for PHC official Jaffar, alias Muzammil Hussain.

The Recruit –Reward–Exploit Modus Operandi

The Palwal case perfectly illustrates the PHC’s structured espionage pipeline, which exploits cross-border kinship an

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