Two Kashmiri youth suspected to be pro-Pak hackers arrested

New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Friday said that they have arrested two Kashmiri youths from Punjab, who are believed to be pro-Pakistan hackers and were in touch with several Pakistan-based anti-Indian hackers.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Pramod Singh Kushwah claimed that as per the online activities of the accused and initial investigation, the two were part of an anti-national hacking group called "Team Hackers Third Eye".

The accused were identified as 27-year-old Shahid Malla, a second year BTech student at Aryan Group of College in Rajpura, Punjab, and 20-year-old Adil Hussain Teli, a St Soldier Managementt and Tech Institute in Jalandhar, Punjab.

Police claimed that group has hacked more than 500 Indian websites.

"The arrest came after we got information about two pro-Pakistan Kashmiri hackers on the night of April 26 and 27 from Cyber Cell unit of Special Cell. We raided two locations in Punjab to nab them," said the DCP.

"They were also involved in educating Kashmiri youth to bypass state-imposed ban on social-media by using VPN between April-May 2017. Apart from that, the two were found to be in touch with several Pakistan-based anti-Indian hackers. Some of them are believed to be backed by Pakistani intelligence agencies," Kushwah added.

Police continued their probe further and found that the accused posted anti-India seditious messages.

Laptops, mobile phones, SIM cards, internet dongles and memory devices recovered from the accused will be examined by Delhi Police in detail, to ascertain their anti-state activities.

Malla is a permanent resident of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district and was staying in a rented accommodation in Sheetal Colony in Rajpura, Teli is a permanent resident of Anantnag and staying in a rented accommodation at Bawa Khel, Jalandhar.