ISI opens a new front in the south

It was a routine tip-off that alerted intelligence officers to Tameem Ansari, 34, now in Tiruchy prison on the charge of working for Pakistan. It led to his profiling and to a vigil that lasted over six months where it came to light that he frequently travelled to Colombo from Trichy. As the sleuths mounted a surveillance, it transpired that Ansari, a small trader who sent, among other things, potatoes and onions to Sri Lanka, was in touch with Haji, a Tamil-speaking Muslim from Colombo.

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