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.
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. Police recovered standalone, internet-based CCTV cameras from his possession. According to SSP Pathankot Daljinder Singh Dhillon, Baljit Singh was operating with three friends. One provided logistics and the other two were in touch with intelligence agencies on foreign soil, the police added.
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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