Amritsar, May 20 -- In a significant counter-espionage operation, Gurdaspur police have thwarted an attempt to compromise national security by apprehending two persons involved in leaking sensitive military information, Punjab director general of police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said on Monday.

With this, the total arrests in espionage cases in the region of Punjab and Haryana has risen to 13 (8 in Punjab and 5 in Haryana) with Nuh police, in a joint operation with a central agency, on Monday arrested a local quack identified as Mohammad Tarif, a resident of the Kangarka village in the Nuh district for allegedly leaking intelligence information of military activities to Pakistan.

Those arrested in Gurdaspur have been identified as Sukhpreet Si...