BSF jawan was in touch with ISI woman officer

Amritsar, November 28

Border Security Force jawan Kale Parkash, who has been arrested on the charges of espionage, was in contact with a woman intelligence officer of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

Parkash came in contact with her through a social medial platform around three months ago, revealed sources. The State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) of the Punjab Police arrested him on Friday. He has been sent on a three-day police remand and various intelligence agencies are grilling him at the joint interrogation cell.

The sources said Parkash added name of the Pak woman to a social media group administered by him. After adding her in the group with a fake name, he was passing vital information to her through it. A police official privy to the investigation said the SSOC was assessing the damage caused by Parkash. He said the mobile phones of all jawans added to the social media group were being checked to ascertain the information being shared in the group. “The accused used to delete the message so that he could not caught for spying. We have sent his mobile phone for forensic examination to get further details into his activities,” he said. — TNS