Overview

• Gurpreet Singh, a serving Indian Army soldier posted in Jammu, and his associate Sahil Masih were detained by Amritsar Rural Police on June 22 for alleged espionage activities.
• Officials say Singh exploited his position to collect and transmit classified military data via pen drives and discs while using two mobile phones with virtual numbers to contact ISI operatives.
• Punjab DGP Gaurav Yadav identified Rana Javed as the key ISI handler overseeing the flow of sensitive information from the accused.
• Investigators found that a Dubai-based drug trafficker named Arjan introduced Gurpreet Singh to ISI contacts five months ago and that payments were routed through a web of intermediary bank accounts.
• The latest arrests follow a series of detentions of civilians and online influencers as part of a broader operation to uproot Pakistan-backed espionage cells in Punjab.