(Pune Mirror-India) Gitesh Shelke - Police in Pune last month deported Iranian national Hamid Kashkouli, 40, after he was found spying on Israeli nationals and Israeli centers such as Chabad House in Koregaon Park, and the Rasta Peth Synagogue. It was also learned that Kashkouli was on the payroll of Iranian intelligence. "He came to India under the pretext of being a student but was keeping a close eye on the Jewish centers in Pune. He had collected information about visitors' movements at the Chabad House and the Synagogue which he forwarded to intelligence officials in Tehran," a Special Branch officer said. It was found that he regularly traveled in a private car to the Iranian Consulate in Mumbai for unexplained reasons.
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