Armyman, Relative Held for Espionage; Passing Documents to Pak Agencies
For espionage and passing Indian Army’s confidential documents to Pakistan-based intelligence agencies, an Armyman and his relative have been taken into custody in Kutch district by the Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS), said media reports citing ATS officials.
They said that Ibrahim Sama, recruited through the Military Engineering Service (MES), and his maternal uncle Osmaan Sama were arrested on Wednesday on espionage charge and criminal conspiracy to disturb internal security, reports said.
They were arrested from Bhuj in Kutch, which has borders with Pakistan.
The officials said that confidential and sensitive documents of the Indian Army and some phone numbers of their Pakistani contacts were seized searches conducted in the duo’s houses, said reports.
They said that both were produced before a local court in Bhuj and were sent to nine-day police custody for further interrogation, reports said.
According to officials, the ATS had received information that Sama used to get secret and confidential documents from the Army as he had an access to its base in Bhuj, said reports.
They said that he used to send the confidential documents to his uncle Osmaan of Nana Dinara village in Bhuj, with the objective to pass it on to Pakistani intelligence agencies, reports said.
The officials said that the duo were booked under various sections of Official Secrets Act of illegal possession of confidential Army documents, and section 120 B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), said reports.
(Based on internet reports)
