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Punjab Police Arrest Two More On Charges Of Spying For ISI, Bringing Total To Six; Accused Passed Troop Movement Info To Pakistan
Punjab Police DGP Gaurav Yadav
On Monday (19 May), the Punjab Police arrested two men suspected of leaking confidential military information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), according to DGP Gaurav Yadav. This brings the total number of similar arrests in the state to six.
The DGP informed that on 15 May, the police obtained intelligence reports suggesting that the suspects, Sukhpreet Singh and Karanbir Singh, were purportedly disseminating confidential information pertaining to Operation Sindoor.
This information included the movement of troops and critical strategic sites in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu and Kashmir, which they were sharing with the ISI, Indian Express reported.
“Acting swiftly, the police have arrested both suspects. Forensic examination of their mobile phones confirms the intelligence inputs. The police team has recovered three mobile phones and eight live cartridges (.30 bore) from their possession,” Yadav was quoted as saying.
Yadav informed The Indian Express that due to tight collaboration with central intelligence agencies, Punjab Police were on high alert. Consequently, numerous individuals suspected of sharing sensitive data with Pakistani handlers have been apprehended.
Authorities believe that they were also involved in a network fostered by a staff member of the Pakistan High Commission, Danish. This network started to disintegrate following the arrest of two individuals by the police in Malerkotla earlier this month.
After this, two more persons, one from the Bathinda military station and another from Shahpur Kandi in Pathankot, have been taken into custody. They are accused of illicitly transmitting classified information to ISI handlers.
The arrestees include Rakib, a civilian tailor employed by the Army's engineer regiment, Neeraj Kumar from Shahpur Kandi and 31-year-old Guzala, who visited the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on 27 February and Yameen Mohammad.
