Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Feb 18: The Indian Army is set to initiate court-martial proceedings against its soldier who was caught leaking sensitive information to a Pakistan embassy staffer in the national capital about military activities along the northern borders.
Security agencies caught the soldier while he was sending secret information to a Pakistani spy- Abid Husain alias Naik Abid- a Pakistani national who works at the High Commission for the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the national capital.
“The accused Signalman (washerman) Alim Khan was posted in a form close to the border with China in the field area and was allegedly caught supplying secret information to the Pakistani spy posted in their embassy in New Delhi. The summary court-martial proceedings against the soldier will begin in the next couple of days,” said the defence sources.
As per information, the soldier also received Rs 15,000 from the Pakistan embassy official for sharing the information.
The activities of the army personnel took place at a crucial time when the northern adversaries were trying to get aggressively on the Line of Actual Control and even the slightest of information could have been helpful for the enemies. The soldier only had access to trivial information.
The list of documents the soldier provided to the enemy spy agency included the guard duty list of the formation where he was deployed along with the activities of his formations. He also shared information related to the vehicles of the formation along with the list of movement of vehicles in view of the Covid lockdown.
Notably, the Army practices zero tolerance for such acts and exemplary punishment will be awarded to the guilty.
