A list naming seven individuals arrested in connection with an alleged Delhi-based spy network linked to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is being widely shared on social media following a June 16 NDTV report on the case. The names are Anas, Mohammad, Danish, Arif, Sabir, Khalid and Junaid.
X user @Warlock_mohit amplified the claim by quoting NDTV’s post and sharing a list of the alleged names of those arrested, all of whom were presented as Muslim. The post was captioned, “Always Peacefuls” — a derogatory term frequently used in Right-wing online discourse to stereotype Muslims as violent or criminal.
The post has received over 2.27 lakh views and has been reshared over 2,800 times. (Archive)
Several other X users, such as @FabulasGuy, @AmitLeliSlayer, etc., quoted NDTV’s X post carrying the report link with the same list of names.
To verify this claim, we examined the NDTV report. Contrary to social media posts suggesting that all seven accused were Muslims, the report identified the arrested individuals as Anas alias Anas Tyagi, Mohit alias Yogi, Deepak alias Deepak Agrola, Arif alias Pradhan, Karanveer Singh, Jatan and Sabir. According to NDTV, the seven were allegedly linked to a network operated by Pakistan-based gangster-turned-terrorist Shahzad Bhatti and his associate Ajmal Gujjar.
The same names were was mentioned in reports by The Hindu, India Today and several other outlets.
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