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The State Special Operations Cell (SSOC) and Military Intelligence on Thursday nabbed a man who allegedly worked as a spy for Pakistani intelligence agencies, the Punjab Police said.
The alleged ISI spy has been identified as 34-year-old Ravi Kumar. According to media reports, he was recruited by ISI seven months ago through social networking website Facebook.
Ravi Kumar has been booked under the Official Secrets Act and Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code.
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It is being told that some photos of vital Army installations and handmade maps of restricted areas have been recovered from Ravi.
The SSOC team led by Inspector Gurinderpal Singh arrested Ravi from the Chatiwind police station area in Amritsar district.
“The accused is a Pakistani spy. Preliminary questioning has revealed that an official of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) had recruited him through Facebook seven months ago,” a press note issued by the SSOC said.
“Police have recovered photographs of vital installations and movement of army vehicles and hand-made maps of restricted areas from him. He was providing information to the ISI on the movement of army units, construction of new bunkers on the Indian side of the border and photographs of army vehicles along with their formation signs etc,” the press note added.
Kumar is believed to be a resident of Dhaleke village in Moga, near Manawala village. The alleged spy was in regular touch with Pakistani ISI officers over mobile phone and internet.
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