Two infantrymen arrested for ‘hyperlinks to drug racket, ISI’
THE PUNJAB Police on Tuesday claimed to have busted a “cross-border espionage community” with the arrest of 2 Military team of workers — Sepoy Harpreet Singh, 23, (19 Rashtriya Rifles), and Sepoy Gurbhej Singh, 23, (18 Sikh Mild Infantry).
Harpreet Singh, a resident of Cheecha village in Amritsar, was once posted in Anantnag; Gurbhej Singh, from Punian village in Tarn Taran, was once posted in Kargil. Each had been charged with spying for Pakistan’s ISI, underneath quite a lot of sections of the Indian Penal Code and the Reliable Secrets and techniques Act.
In a press commentary, Director Basic of Police (DGP) Dinkar Gupta mentioned the Jalandhar Rural Police, led by way of SSP Naveen Singla, had recovered confidential paperwork associated with the deployment and functioning of the Indian Military from a cross-border drug smuggler, Ranvir Singh, who was once arrested on Might 24.
All over interrogation, Ranvir reportedly mentioned he had got the paperwork from Harpreet. Each Harpreet and Ranvir are from the similar village.
“Ranvir motivated and lured Sepoy Harpreet Singh with monetary advantages for sharing defence-related labeled paperwork, following which the latter brought about his buddy Sepoy Gurbhej into such anti-national spying actions,” the DGP mentioned.
He mentioned that since Gurbhej was once running as a clerk on the 121 Infantry Brigade Headquarters in Kargil, he had get entry to to labeled paperwork containing strategic and tactical knowledge associated with the Indian Military.
The DGP mentioned the 2 infantrymen gained cash for sharing the tips. Ranvir would pay Harpreet, who would switch the cash to Gurbhej’s account, he mentioned.
The Military passed over the 2 infantrymen to a staff of the Jalandhar police, in Kargil on July 2. On Monday, they had been produced prior to a courtroom in Jalandhar, which despatched them to police custody until July 11.
In step with police, from February to Might this yr, the 2 Military team of workers shared pictures of over 900 labeled paperwork with Ranvir, who relayed the tips to Pakistan’s ISI, both without delay or thru any other drug smuggler, recognized as Gopi.
Following Ranvir’s arrest, Gopi was once arrested on June 1. Gopi, from Dauke village in Amritsar, has been recognized as a key hyperlink to Pakistan-based drug-smuggling syndicates and the ISI.
In step with police, Gopi has admitted that he shared labeled paperwork with an ISI operative recognized as Sikander and a Pakistan-based drug smuggler recognized as Kothar. The DGP mentioned the tips was once relayed by the use of encrypted Apps.
SSP Naveen Singla mentioned additional investigations had been on to determine if extra other people had been concerned.
