Accused sepoy supplied sensitive info to ISI through terrorist Rinda: officials
Hindustan TimesThe interrogation of sepoy Manpreet Sharma, who is an accused in the espionage racket busted by the police, has revealed that he was working at the behest of India’s most wanted terrorist Harvinder Singh Rinda, for Pakistan’s Inter-Service Intelligence, officials privy to the matter said. The army has deputed a Colonel rank official, besides Army Intelligence officials, to join the police in grilling accused sepoy Sharma, who worked as a computer operator at Western Command, Chandimandir, and Army Cantonment at Pathankot. The accused sepoy was arrested from Bhopal and was allegedly supplying sensitive information to ISI, through a drug peddler Amrik Singh, for the past three years, officials added. As per the officials, Manpreet had been in contact with Amrik since 2019 but it was after 2021 that the accused sepoy started supplying sensitive information related to the movement of troops, maps of cantonments, weapons deployed in sensitive areas and other vital information, the official added.
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