3 held for unlawful activities

Mandi Ahmedgarh, December 30

The Ludhiana (Rural) police have busted a gang that allegedly passed secret information and pictures of the Indian Air Force to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Three members of the gang — identified as Rampal Singh, Sukhkiran Singh from the district’s Toose village, and Shabar Ali of Kala Amb in Himachal — have been booked under Sections 124-A, 153-A and 120-B of the IPC, Sections 10, 16 and 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) and Sections 3, 4, 5 and 9 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

Sources say the main accused, Ram Pal, has been rounded up at a CIA centre in Jagraon.

The police received a tip-off that Ram Pal and Sukhkiran, who have a criminal record, were passing secret information an ISI agent, identified as Adnal, in Pakistan.

Rampal’s mobile phone was recovered. The perusal of his WhatsApp chat showed that he was in talks with Adnal about a consignment of arms and ammunition. — TNS