The Bikaner Police recently arrested a man in Bikaner, accused of providing Indian SIM cards to Pakistani gangster Shehzad Bhatti’s gang members. The action comes after the investigation agency came to know that a WhatsApp account had been operating in Pakistan using an Indian mobile phone number belonging to the 18-year-old arrestee, Anil Kumar.
According to investigators, Anil Kumar, a resident of Godu village in the Bajju Police Station area, shared the one-time password (OTP) required to activate the SIM card with Shezad Bhatti‘s associates. The Rajasthan ATS initially detained Kumar and questioned him. The ATS then handed him over to the police, who arrested him.
The mobile phone number was activated on 17th July, as informed by the investigators. Subsequently, the ATS launched an operation and arrested Anil Kumar at his home on 18th July. Kumar had been in constant touch with Uzair, an associate of Bhatti, for a long time. The ATS interrogated Anil Kumar for a day and handed him over to the police on 19th July.
The police are probing his terror links and the allegations that he displayed firearms on social media. Meanwhile, the security agencies are keeping a close watch on Bikaner’s border regions, including Bajju, Khajuwala, and Pugal.
As per reports, the area witnesses many cases involving alleged honey-trap operations, espionage, and suspected links to Pakistan’s intelligence agency in recent times. In October 2023, a man from the Dantor area was arrested for sharing strategic and confidential information with Pakistani female agents through social media.
In a 2024-25 case in the Mahajan Field Firing Range espionage case (2024–25), a canteen operator, an e-Mitra operator, and a railway employee were arrested for leaking information related to Army activities and maintaining contact with Pakistani female operatives. Recently, in February 2026, Chinese-made pistols and ammunition were allegedly dropped by a drone near the Khajuwala border. The investigation into the case uncovered an active cross-border smuggling network.
