Punjab Police arrest two for leaking sensitive military information during Operation Sindoor

Punjab Police on Monday claimed to have busted an espionage racket involving two persons for leaking sensitive military information during the recent Operation Sindoor.

Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav on Monday said the police on May 15 received credible intelligence inputs from central agencies indicating that Sukhpreet Singh and Karanbir Singh were engaged in sharing classified details related to Operation Sindoor, including troop movements and key strategic locations in Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and J&K with Pakistan's Intelligence agency ISI. "Police has arrested both the suspects. The forensic examination of their mobile phones has confirmed the intelligence inputs. The police team has also recovered 3 mobile phones and 8 live cartridges (.30 bore) from their possession. Preliminary findings establish that the accused were in direct contact with ISI handlers and had transmitted critical information concerning the Indian Armed Forces," Punjab Police said in a statement.

Operation Sindoor was initiated in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 25 Indian and one Nepalese citizen were killed by the Lashkar proxy The Resistance Force. The kinetic operation by Indian Armed Forces led to destruction of nine terror bases across Pakistan and Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir and later led to air strikes at least 7 airbases. This is the second espionage ring exposed by Punjab Police after the Pahalgam attack.