Guwahati: The Assam Police Special Task Force (STF) has arrested two people, including a retired Army personnel working on contract, for allegedly sharing confidential information about security forces with a Pakistani intelligence operative, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday.
The arrests were made in Guwahati following inputs from central agencies and military intelligence, Sarma said, adding that both accused were allegedly honey-trapped by the Pakistani operative through online sex rackets.
One of the accused has been identified as Abhishek Kumar Singh, 31, a resident of Bihar’s Purba Champaran district. The identity of the retired Army personnel has not been disclosed.
“Today, as per input of central agencies, the Assam Police arrested two persons. One is a retired army jawan but currently working on a contractual basis with the army,” Sarma said at a press conference after a Cabinet meeting.
The chief minister said the accused were allegedly sharing updates concerning the movement of Indian Army personnel.
According to Assam Police, Singh was apprehended from a rented house in Gandhinagar under Satgaon Police Station in Guwahati during an operation conducted in the intervening night of October 3 and 4.
The operation followed a preliminary intelligence input from Gajraj military intelligence in Tezpur regarding Singh’s alleged anti-national activities, police said.
The STF seized a mobile phone, SIM cards and documents allegedly linked to the activities from Singh’s possession.
Police have not disclosed the precise nature of the information allegedly shared or the manner in which it was transferred.
A senior police officer said the authorities were examining the duration of Singh’s communications with Pakistan-based operatives but declined to provide further details, citing the sensitivity of the case.
The investigation is underway to ascertain the full extent of the alleged espionage network and the involvement of the accused.
