Islamabad: Pakistan intelligence agencies have foiled India’s bid to spoil Australia tour as they tracked down the ‘threatening messages’ generated from Indian state of Gujarat.
The messages were sent to left-arm orthodox spinner Ashton Agar’s wife on Instagram stating that “snipers will blow his head”.
The message read: “Hey Madeleine, I hope you are well. This is a warning for your husband Ashton Agar if he comes for a tour against Pakistan. He won’t come alive. ”
“Your children will miss their father if he comes to Pakistan, our snipers will blow his head.”
During the investigation it was revealed that the massager was using the VPN (virtual private network) to avoid getting traced, however, the agencies used their advanced system to track down the original source.
The method of obstructing the revival of international cricket in Pak has already been used by the Indians before. This time, India’s bid to spoil the historic Australia tour have been successfully foiled.#PAKvsAUS pic.twitter.com/3JIho0k9xZ
— Iman Zahra (@ImanZah09944767) February 28, 2022
Sources said that the messages were sent from account ‘jyot.isharma391’, and it was being used by Morizal Tiwari, who lives in the state of Gujarat.
Interestingly, Tiwari is the environmental officer in the IMC limited.
Australia arrived in Pakistan in the wee hours of Sunday for their first tour since 1998. They are scheduled to play three Tests, the same number of ODIs and a T20I.
Earlier, New Zealand abandoned their tour of Pakistan previous year Just hours before the first ODI at Pinidi Cricket Stadium citing security concerns.
“The email was sent from an associated device in India using VPN [a virtual private network], showing IP address location of Singapore,” Pakistan information minister Fawad Chaudhry said.
Chaudhry revealed the attempts to threat the New Zealand team were initiated by back in August when a fabricated Facebook account named after former Tehrik-i-Taliban spokesperson posted that the ISIS-K was going to target the team when they arrive in September.
“This email was sent from an associated device in India using VPN, showing IP address of Singapore.
Chaudhry said the device has 13 other IDs as well, all of which are named after Indian movies and songs.
