Indian soldier accused of providing information to alleged Pakistani intelligence agent

 Indian soldier accused of providing information to alleged Pakistani intelligence agent

Authorities in the northern Indian state of  have arrested a military official for allegedly providing intelligence to an alleged Pakistani intelligence agent.

Rajasthan Director General of Police (Intelligence) Omesh Mishra has said that Rajasthan Intelligence is keeping a close watch on the alleged spying activities of the Pakistani intelligence agency in the state.

The Director General of Police claims that he had recently come to know that an officer named Pradeep Kumar, who was working in a highly sensitive regiment of the Indian Army, was allegedly in constant touch with the Pakistani intelligence agency through social media.

He said that after this information, continuous monitoring of the said soldier was started through CID Intelligence, Jaipur.

During the surveillance, it was found out that Pradeep Kumar was in constant touch with a female agent through social media and was providing her with important military information.

According to police, the soldier was taken into custody on May 18 and is being questioned.

Police have also published photos of the arrested soldier and alleged spy along with his statement.

According to sources, during interrogation by various agencies at the Joint Investigation Center, Jaipur, the 24-year-old accused said that he was a resident of Krishna Nagar, Uttarakhand and had joined the Indian Army three years ago. After the training, the accused was posted as a gunner, after which the accused was transferred to a highly sensitive regiment in Jodhpur.

About six, seven months ago, a woman's call came on the accused's mobile, after which the two started talking to each other through WhatsApp, voice call and video call.

According to police, a woman named Chhadam identified herself as a resident of Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh and stationed at MNS in Bangalore.

Police claim that the woman caught the accused in her trap and promised to come to Delhi and meet and get married.

Police claim that the woman then started asking for a number of classified documents and photos, at which point the accused “got caught in a honey trap, stole photos of secret military documents from his office and started sending them to the woman. do.'

Police claim that after the investigation of the accused's phone confirmed these facts, a case was registered against the accused under the Official Secrets Act 1923 and he was arrested. 

Police claim that the accused stated during the interrogation that "at the request of the said woman, he also shared his mobile SIM and mobile number and OTP for WhatsApp, which caused the female agent to harass other people and soldiers." Can also make its prey.