The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested a CRPF trooper from Delhi for sharing delicate knowledge with Pakistani Intelligence officials, an respectable stated on Monday.
Moti Ram Jat used to be actively inquisitive about espionage and were sharing categorised knowledge associated with nationwide safety with Pakistanis since 2023, stated the anti-terror company.
The company has additionally controlled to discover the path of cash he used to obtain from Pakistani officials via more than a few conduits, the NIA stated.
Soon after Moti Ram Jat’s arrest, the NIA produced him earlier than a Special Judge at Patiala House Courts who despatched him to the company’s custody until June 6.
While shifting an utility to hunt his custody, the NIA informed the courtroom that its investigators sought after to query the CRPF trooper in regards to the other folks he used to fulfill.
The investigators additionally expressed their purpose to take him to different towns to spot his aides allegedly inquisitive about espionage.
The CRPF trooper’s arrest comes shut at the heels of a crackdown by way of Indian companies in opposition to Pakistani spies which resulted in the hot arrest of Haryana YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra and 11 others from Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.
The NIA, the Intelligence Bureau, and Military Intelligence officers have up to now puzzled Malhotra.
She ran a YouTube channel and used to be booked and later arrested on May 16 underneath the provisions of the Official Secrets Act and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
It used to be reported that she used to be involved with Ehsan-ur-Rahim alias Danish, a staffer on the Pakistani High Commission, since November 2023. India expelled Danish on May 13 for allegedly indulging in espionage.
Investigations have published that she visited Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Indonesia and a few different nations. The police had stated Pakistani Intelligence used to be creating Malhotra as an asset.