Overview
- Hilal Ahmed, 26, a resident of Kupwara in Jammu and Kashmir, was apprehended in Aalo, West Siang, following inputs from Itanagar Police and was transferred to the capital for interrogation.
- Another person was detained in Miao, Changlang district, in connection with the same case, though local police have not disclosed details.
- Hilal is alleged to be connected to earlier detainees Nazir Ahmad Malik and Sabir Ahmed Mir, whose questioning set off the widening investigation.
- Police say the network gathered information on Army and paramilitary deployments and relayed it to handlers in Pakistan via an encrypted Telegram channel called AL AQSA.
- According to police accounts, Nazir admitted sending deployment details through Telegram, and investigators allege Sabir was tasked with facilitating illegal entry and acting as an arms courier.