A 34 year-old man has been arrested by the Crime Branch of Delhi Police allegedly for spying by getting sensitive documents from an Indian Army official and later providing it to ISI.
The suspect, Habeeb Khan, who hails from Bikaner in Rajasthan was picked up by the crime branch team of Delhi Police from Pokhran in Jaisalmer where he had been woring as a vegetable supplier on contract basis since the last few years. According to a senior police official, based on inputs shared by the intelligence unit earlier, the Delhi Police’s Crime Branch team apprehended the suspect on Tuesday from Pokhran. Preliminary investgation has revealed that the nabbed suspect used to get sensitive documents from an Army official posted at the Pokhran army base camp and further provided them to Pakistan’s ISI, he said. The army official used to also charge for each document provided, said police. However, police did not disclose further details and maintained that the matter is still under investigation and facts are being verified.