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Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Tuesday night arrested a 24-year-old Indian Navy personnel on charges of alleged anti-national activities and espionage for Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Police said.

According to a statement issued by the ATS, intelligence inputs indicated that an individual was in contact with a Pakistan-based ISI agent and was allegedly sharing sensitive information related to India’s defence infrastructure.

 

Following the tip-off, the ATS launched an investigation using electronic and physical surveillance. The suspect was identified as Adarsh Kumar alias Lucky, a resident of Agra. He was serving as a Seaman in the Southern Naval Command of the Indian Navy in Kochi, Kerala.

 

Investigators alleged that Kumar had established contact with a Pakistan-based handler linked to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). During the probe, officials reportedly found that he had transferred money from his bank account to the handler and shared photographs of strategically sensitive naval assets, including warships.

 

After verifying the evidence gathered during the investigation, the ATS arrested Kumar on Monday for alleged anti-national activities and criminal involvement with the Pakistan-based intelligence network. He was later produced before a court and remanded to judicial custody.

 

In a related development, intelligence officials in Rajasthan recently arrested a man from the Jaisalmer region for allegedly passing sensitive information about the Indian Army to ISI handlers. 

 

The accused, identified as Jhabraram, a resident of Nedan village in Jaisalmer, was reportedly in regular contact with Pakistani intelligence agents through social media platforms. During joint interrogation by multiple agencies at the Central Interrogation Centre in Jaipur, investigators found that he had allegedly been honey-trapped by ISI operatives.

 

Officials said that after falling into the trap, Jhabraram began sharing sensitive information related to the Indian Army in exchange for money. Investigations into both cases are currently ongoing.