New Delhi [India]: The Army will begin a summary court-martial against a soldier who was allegedly caught passing on top-secret information to an ISI agent posted in the Pakistani embassy in the nation’s capital about military activities along the northern borders.
Defence sources said, “The accused Signalman (washerman) Alim Khan was posted in a formation close to the border with China in the field area and was allegedly caught supplying secret information to the Pakistani spy posted in their embassy in New Delhi. The summary court-martial proceedings against the soldier will begin in the next couple of days”.
The security agencies caught the soldier supplying secret information to the Pakistani spy- Abid Husain alias Naik Abid- a Pakistani national working in the High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the national capital.
The Pakistan embassy official also gave the soldier Rs 15,000 for information he shared with them.
The sources said that the activities of the army personnel took place at a crucial time when the northern adversaries were attempting to get aggressive on the Line of Actual Control. Even the slightest of information could have been helpful for the adversaries.
According to Army sources, the soldier only had access to trivial information. It added that the Army practices zero tolerance to such acts, and exemplary punishment will be awarded to the guilty.
The list of documents provided by the soldier to the enemy spy agency included the guard duty list of the formation where he was deployed, along with the activities of his own formations.
The soldier also passed on information related to the vehicles of the formation along with the list of movement of vehicles in view of the covid lockdown.
The sources said the soldier was also trying to access the location of the satellites monitoring the China border but failed to succeed. He was also trying to access the surveillance radar and similar equipment locations on the China border.
Recently, there have been multiple cases where soldiers have been honey-trapped virtually and blackmailed into sharing information. Sources mentioned that this case did not involve honey trapping or blackmailing to extract information.
