Haryana student held in Kaithal for spying, sharing defence info with Pakistani handlers
CHANDIGARH: Arrested for posting the pictures of sophisticated weapons on social media account on Sunday,
Devindera Singh Dhillon
is accused of spying and passing on sensitive information to Pakistan.
Hailing from a landlord family of Kaithal district of Haryana, Devinder Singh Dhillon is student of MA political science in Khalsa College of Patiala city in Punjab. He was initially arrested for uploading pictures on social media on Sunday.
During questioning he confessed to have shared the details of defense installation of Patiala with with his handlers in Pakistan.
Kaithal Superintendent of police Aastha Modi said that now after his confession of spying and leaking information to handlers in Pakistan, the investigation agencies have sent his mobile phone and electronic gazette for cyber cells forensic analysis.
" We are trying to establish his money trail through cyber experts and bank accounts. Besides this we are trying to retrieve the data of snap chat account etc which he had deleted. However we have got sufficient evidence through his insta and whatsapp chat account. While trail of bank account transactions is in progress" Aastha Modi said.
How he came in contact with handlers is yet to be concluded but it is established that he has met Officers or handlers in Pakistan during his visit cross borders via Kartarpur corridor in the month of November last year.
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We are exploring other angles as well, added the Kaithal SP.
Notably, this is the second such arrest made from the state. All this happen at the time when two neighboring countries a peace amidst tensed atmosphere in the post
Operation Sindoor
launched by defense forces this week at a time.
According to information, ISI and other intelligence agencies of Pakistan had spent lot of money on Devindera to rope him to share information of vital installations in the region.
It may be recalled that earlier Panipat police had arreste 24-year-old Nauman Ilahi on similar charges.
A native of Uttar Pradesh native, Nauman was employed as a security guard in Haryana. He is accused of getting money from agents in the account of his brother-in-law and the company driver for giving information to Pakistan.
On Friday Nauman was taken to his place in Kairana amidst high security where the investigation agencies had recovered documents and incriminating material .
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