Punjab: Police Arrest Pathankot Man For Allegedly Spying For Pakistan Handlers Using CCTV To Monitor Army Movement On NH-44
· Free Press Journal
Chandigarh: A resident of Punjab's Pathankot was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan-based handlers, police said on Thursday.
Preliminary investigation revealed that Baljit Singh, a resident of Chakk Dhariwal village, had installed a CCTV camera at a shop located near a bridge on the National Highway-44 to allegedly keep an eye on the movement of the army and paramilitary forces, police said, adding that he was transmitting the live feed to Pakistan-based handlers.
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The Punjab Police, in coordination with central security agencies, have arrested Baljit Singh (alias Bittu) for setting up an unauthorized cross-border surveillance system along the strategic Pathankot-Jammu National Highway (NH-44).
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During questioning, the accused confessed that he had installed an internet-based CCTV camera at a shop on the NH-44 Pathankot-Jammu Highway in January.
He was also getting directions from an unknown person in Dubai. He was given Rs 40,000, police claimed.
#BREAKING : Punjab Police on Thursday arrested a resident of Pathankot for allegedly spying for Pakistan-based handlers by monitoring military movement through a CCTV camera installed near National Highway-44.
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Police recovered the CCTV camera from his possession, they said.
Notably, last month, police had busted two Pakistan's ISI-backed espionage modules using high-tech, China-made solar-powered CCTV cameras to transmit live feeds of sensitive military locations to Pakistan-based handlers.
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