Chandigarh, May 17 -- Haryana Director General of Police (DGP) Shatrujeet Kapoor has addressed the recent arrests of suspected spies in the districts of Panipat, Kaithal, and Hisar, stating that these arrests were the result of increased vigilance and heightened surveillance in the wake of recent national security concerns.

In a statement to the media, Kapoor underlined that the suspected spies had been active for some time, but their activities were exposed due to the intensified monitoring and improved intelligence-sharing mechanisms.

"After the Operation Sindoor and the major incident in Pahalgam, the situation that developed led to the exposure of such individuals. It's not that they weren't active before; they were working earlier ...