Gurpreet Gopi has been booked beneath Sections 359 of the Official Secrets Act and Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and is being interrogated.
A serving Army jawan in Amritsar was held for allegedly leaking delicate data to Pakistan’s ISI.(Representational Image/pexel)
Amritsar Rural Police Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Maninder Singh instructed ANI, “We received information that Gurpreet Gopi, a sepoy in the Indian Army, had ISI contacts and had been in touch with them. He had been conducting suspicious monetary transactions with his friend, Sahil Masih from Dhariwal village.”
SSP Singh added that Gurpreet has been booked beneath Sections 359 of the Official Secrets Act and Section 35 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and is being interrogated.
“After gathering information, we learned that Gurpreet has been posted in Jammu. After detaining him, we found plenty of incriminating data. Following a detailed investigation, we registered an FIR and arrested him. We have informed the security and intelligence agencies, and a joint interrogation is underway,” SSP Singh stated.
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The two males, recognized as Gurpreet Singh aka Gopy Foji and Sahil Masih aka Shali, have been apprehended on Sunday on suspicion of espionage actions linked to Pakistan’s ISI.
The Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) posted on X, “Amritsar Rural Police apprehended two persons suspected of espionage activities linked to #Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). The arrested accused have been identified as Gurpreet Singh @ Gopy Foji & Sahil Masih @ Shali.”
Preliminary investigations revealed that Gurpreet Singh was in direct contact with the ISI operative and was suspected of sharing delicate and confidential data by way of pen drives.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that Gurpreet Singh was in direct contact with operatives of the Pakistan ISI and is suspected of sharing sensitive and confidential information via pen drives. The key ISI handler involved in the case has been identified as Rana Javed. Two mobile phones reportedly used to communicate with ISI operatives has been seized,” the publish additional learn.
More particulars are awaited. (ANI)
