In a major counter-espionage breakthrough, a joint team of the Bihar Police and Andhra Pradesh Police busted a cross-border cyber espionage network operating out of the Indo-Nepal border town of Raxaul.
A preliminary forensic scrutiny of the devices revealed damning evidence, including digital logs of sensitive communication shared with Pakistani operatives and records verifying money transfers received in return for their services. Acting on the tip-off, law enforcement authorities formed a specialised raiding party that conducted coordinated swoops across multiple locations under the jurisdiction of Raxaul police station. The joint operation was spearheaded by Sub-Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Manish Anand and Raxaul Station House Officer (SHO) Ramesh Kumar Mahto, alongside personnel from the visiting Vijayawada Police contingent. During the operation, police seized two mobile phones from the possession of the accused. Both accused were taken to Vijayawada by the Andhra Police contingent on transit remand to uncover potential domestic and overseas linkages.
The arrested individuals have been identified as Aditya Pandey (23), a resident of Naga Road (Ward No. 11) in Raxaul, East Champaran, and Raja Kumar (24), a native of Harlakhi in Madhubani district currently residing at Noniyadih under Raxaul police station.
0-01/2026), and investigators from Vijayawada arrived in Raxaul on October 25 after tracking digital footprints linked to suspects based in the local Raxaul market. If sources are to be believed, the investigation originated from an Andhra Pradesh case (Case No.
