Man held in Ambala for spying for Pakistan
Karnal, Jan. 6 -- An Ambala resident has been arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive military data to Pakistan-based handlers, police said on Monday, in the latest in a string of spy arrests following Operation Sindoor.
The accused, identified as Sunil Kumar from Sabga village in Saha area and was an elected panch of the village panchayat.
He was working as a supervisor for a private contractor in the Ambala cantonment and holding an official military admission card, Kumar had direct access to restricted zones housing army and air force units, police said.
Ambal superintendent of police (SP) said, "Kumar was honey-trapped on social media and remained in contact with a Pakistani module for eight months via Facebook and WhatsApp. Preliminary probe revealed that he shared details on troop movements and unit locations, but not some classified information."
Following Kumar's arrest on Friday, he was sent to police remand for four days. The accused is facing charges under section 152 (acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
Officials aware of the details said that police are probing if the information leaked by Kumar was linked to last year's Operation Sindoor.
India launched Operation Sindoor in the early hours of May 7 and struck terror and military installations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following the Pahalgam terror strike in which 26 people were killed. Between the launch of the operation in the early hours of May 7 and the ceasefire on May 10 evening, Indian forces bombed nine terror camps in Pakistan and PoK, killing at least 100 terrorists, and the Indian Air Force struck targets at 13 Pakistani airbases and military installations....
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