Karnal, May 25 -- The 24-year-old man from Uttar Pradesh who was arrested on espionage charges from Panipat was sent to judicial custody on Saturday.

The accused, Nauman Ilahi, has been under police remand since his arrest on May 14 and was presented before a court after it ended on Saturday, a police spokesperson said.

Ilahi, who hails from Kairana in Shamli district and was employed as a guard at an industrial unit in Panipat, was arrested based on credible intelligence inputs.

During interrogation, authorities claim, Ilahi admitted to having connections with individuals in Pakistan and leaking critical information.

SP Bhupinder Singh had earlier said that Illahi's mobile phone was sent for forensic analysis to retrieve deleted cont...