New Delhi: A day after CNN-IBN revealed how Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI trapped several Indians through an attractive lottery scam and the money was used for purchasing ammunition and explosives, Ministry of Home Affairs has taken note of the scam.
"This news report has come to my knowledge. I have sought a briefing from senior officers on this. I will comment on it once I get all the details," Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju said.
Sources in the Enforcement Directorate say that they have come across such cases though they cannot confirm if they have a direct link with terror funding. A similar fake lottery SMS scam was also busted in Kerala in April but it was said that the probe was only limited to people being duped.
According to the sources, hundreds of missed calls were made to India from Pakistan and thousands of crores were channeled to the country through Hawala route.
Earlier, there were reports that ISI is helping pro-Khalistan Sikhs in India and abroad. Sources had said that ISI is actively helping Sikh radical organisations like Babbar Khalsa and other groups based in US, UK, Canada and Germany in its bid to revive the terror groups.
The Sikh groups were asked to contact Kashmiris and Pakistanis for anti-India protests.
The ISI has been supporting several anti-India groups and is involved in instigating terror organisations in Jammu and Kashmir.
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