Pakistan’s Bhatti network targeted families of 6 Bengal ministers through JeM associate’s female aideThe West Bengal STF investigation found Pakistan-based Shahzad Bhatti Network allegedly used arrested social influencer Arpita Sarkar to honey-trap relatives of six state ministers and other influential people for intelligence gathering. The SBN handlers used to maintain regular contact with Arpita Sarkar through encrypted messages on different social media platforms. The help of experts is being taken to crack the encrypted and coded message exchanged between her and the (SBN) handlers from these two mobile phones. However, sources aware of the development said that after realising her potential for honey-trapping, the SBN handlers started contacting her independently and instructing her accordingly. The social media reels she circulated on different platforms were a potential medium to attract people.