Overview
- Pathankot police apprehended a 15-year-old, identified by officials as Sanjeev Kumar, on suspicion of sharing videos and other details of sensitive locations with Pakistan-linked handlers for about a year.
- SSP Daljinder Singh Dhillon said the boy’s phone was cloned to extract data and that inputs point to other minors in Punjab being contacted, prompting alerts to police stations across the state.
- Ambala police arrested Sunil Kumar, a contractor with authorised access to defence areas, for allegedly passing Army and Air Force information after a social‑media honeytrap.
- Sunil Kumar is on four days’ police remand under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, with investigators examining WhatsApp records, call logs and bank transactions to assess possible payments.
- Authorities are probing links to earlier arrests under the post–Operation Sindoor crackdown and are expanding cyber and forensic analysis to map any wider network targeting insiders and youths.