Pakistan claims arrest of four Indian spies

Multan, June03: Pakistani authorities have detained four suspected Indian spies from the Cholistan desert region in central Punjab province, military and local sources said on Monday.
Law enforcement officials said they seized sensitive documents, maps, a radio set and a transmitter from the four who were posing as shepherds.

"A message was detected... which was being transmitted to a neighbouring country in code-cords. Then two teams started their search for spies who were working in the desert in the guise of shepherds," the official said.

Local children from villages east of here helped track down the four, he said, adding that they were taken to another location for interrogation.
Military sources in Multan confirmed the arrests.

"Yes it is true but we cannot give any further details," a military source said.

Officials said the latest arrests raise to eight the number of alleged Indian spies nabbed since tensions over Kashmir escalated last month. Two of them were women, they said.