The Punjab Police on June 3 arrested a man identified as Gagandeep Singh from Tarn Taran for allegedly sharing sensitive information about Indian Army movements with Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) during Operation Sindoor.
Notably, Gagandeep Singh had strong connections to Pakistan’s spy agency ISI and a top Khalistani terrorist, Gopal Singh Chawla. The accused has allegedly shared critical information about Army movements with agents across the border for years, including during Operation Sindoor.
On X, Punjab Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav, said the accused was in direct contact with Gopal Singh Chawla, a Pakistan-based pro-Khalistan leader.
Acting swiftly on information received from Counter-Intelligence-Punjab, @TarnTaranPolice, in a joint operation arrests Gagandeep Singh @ Gagan, a resident of Mohalla Rodupur, Gali Nazar Singh Wali, #TarnTaran.
Arrested accused had been in contact with the #Pakistan #ISI and… pic.twitter.com/JIuLVToIMk
— DGP Punjab Police (@DGPPunjabPolice) June 3, 2025
Director General of Police, Punjab, Gaurav Yadav informed on Tuesday that Counter Intelligence(CI) Wing of Punjab in a joint operation with Tarn Taran police have arrested Gagandeep Singh alias Gagan, a resident of Mohalla Rodupur, Gali Nazar Singh Wali, Tarn Taran who has been in contact with Chawla and used to share sensitive information concerning army movements during Operation Indoor.
Chawla, a pro-Khalistan Sikh leader from Nankana Sahib and the chairman of Punjabi Sikh Sangat, has been consistently vocal in his anti-India rhetoric. He has reportedly played a key role in organizing anti-India demonstrations and is believed to be tasked by ISI with identifying ‘soft targets’ among Indian Sikh jathas visiting Pakistan on religious occasions . Chawla first came into the spotlight after posting photographs with Hafiz Saeed, the founder of Jamaat-ud-Dawa and the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks.
According to reports, it has been revealed that Gagan was engaged in sharing classified details, including troop deployments and strategic locations, posing a threat to national security.
The police recovered a mobile phone from Singh containing sensitive military information and contact details of more than 20 ISI operatives.
“Preliminary investigation reveals that Gagandeep Singh had been in touch with Pakistan-based Khalistani terrorist Gopal Singh Chawla for the past five years, through whom he was introduced to the Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs). He also received payments from PIOs via Indian channels,” the Director General of Punjab Police, Gaurav Yadav, said.
Punjab Police alleged that the Khalistani terrorist Gopal Chawla, who is currently in Pakistan, has been running a spying racket in India in collaboration with the ISI and was actively engaged in espionage during Operation Sindoor. Gopal Singh Chawla is also linked to terror networks in Pakistan and has been photographed with Lashkar-e-Taiba chief Hafiz Saeed.
In 2019, Jalandhar police had arrested one Harpal Singh Pala, resident of Bhatija village who was in touch with Gopal Singh Chawla for allegedly supplying crucial and strategic information to the ISI agent Chawla.
Notably, in 2018, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu also met Gopal Singh Chawla during his visit to Pakistan.
An FIR has been registered in this matter under the Official Secrets Act at PS City, Tarn Taran, and further investigation is in progress.
It is to be noted that, over a dozen people have been arrested from Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh in the past two weeks and investigations suggest the existence of a Pakistan-linked spy network operating across north India.
Among those arrested are two women, Jyoti Malhotra, a Haryana resident with 3.77 lakh subscribers on YouTube and 1.33 lakh followers on Instagram, and 31-year-old Guzala from Punjab. One CRPF personnel has also been arrested for espionage activities.
