Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar July 17: Punjab Police earlier this week arrested a soldier from 12 Infantry Brigade in Uri near the Line of Control (LoC) in Baramulla district on charges of leaking classified military information to Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).
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An official said that a party of Punjab Police’s State Special Operation Cell (SSOC) arrived in Uri on July 17 and arrested Army man Dawinder Singh, son of Parkat Singh of Nihalgarh Shadihari of Punjab. He was serving with 8-RR of the Army and was posted in 12 Infantry Brigade in Uri.
A case (FIR No. 10/25, under Sections 152, 61(2) BNS, Official Secrets Act 1923(3) 120(4) 120(5) dated 04-07-2025) at Police Station SAS Mohali Punjab was registered against Singh.
Singh’s arrest was made following revelations from the interrogation of an ex-Army man, Gurpreet Singh, also known by his aliases Guri and Fauji, who is currently in custody in a case related to espionage.
Investigators revealed that while Gurpreet Singh was lodged in Ferozepur Jail, he shared information implicating Devinder Singh in obtaining sensitive military documents. Acting on this lead, the Punjab Police tracked down Devinder and detained him from Uri.
Singh was produced before a court in Mohali on July 15, which granted a six-day police remand for further questioning.
Preliminary investigations suggest that Devinder and Gurpreet first met in 2017 during a training programme at an Army camp in Pune. They are believed to have stayed in contact over the years and even served together during postings in Sikkim and Jammu and Kashmir. During their tenure, both reportedly had access to confidential military information, some of which was allegedly leaked to external operatives, including Pakistan’s ISI.
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