Punjab police arrest Indian Army personnel from Uri on espionage charges
According to the statement issued by the Punjab Police, the accused has been identified as Devinder Singh, a resident of Nihalgarh village in Sangrur district.
PTC News Desk: The Punjab Police’s State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) on hursday arrested a serving Indian Army personnel for allegedly supplying classified information to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
According to the statement issued by the Punjab Police, the accused has been identified as Devinder Singh, a resident of Nihalgarh village in Sangrur district. He was arrested on July 14 from Uri in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district.
The arrest comes days after ex-Army man Gurpreet Singh's detention on the espionage charges who during the interrogation revealed the alleged involvement of Devinder Singh in supplying sensitive information to Pakistan while Gurpreet was lodged in Ferozepur jail.
These documents allegedly contained classified information that was later passed on to Pakistan's ISI.
Devinder Singh was produced before Mohali Court folowing his arrest. The court remanded him to six-days police custody for further interrogation.
The statement also added that the initial investigations suggest that Devinder and Gurpreet first met in 2017 during training at an Army camp in Pune. They reportedly maintained contact and later served together in postings in Sikkim and Jammu & Kashmir.