B'deshi Model Acted as India Visa Consultant

Kolkata cops probing spying angle; her Nathula Pass visit under lens

- KAUSHIK PRADHAN @ Kolkata

The activities of Bangladeshi model and actress Shanta Pal, who has been arrested in Kolkata, are reminiscent of the activities of Jyoti Malhotra, who was recently held on suspicion of being a Pakistani spy, police sources said on Thursday.

Shanta lived as luxuriously as Jyoti. She even travelled to many places in India, including Nathula Pass, near the China border in Sikkim, which initially raised suspicions about her, a Kolkata Police official said. "Jyoti Malhotra is accused of spying for Pakistan. Is Shanta doing the same for Bangladesh? We have been trying to ascertain this in the investigation," the official added.