The Criminal Investigation Department has arrested three Indians for allegedly passing strategic information about national security and military installations to Pakistan.
All the three, residents of Jodhpur and Jaisalmer districts, were allegedly giving information about the movement and locations of various military set ups and installations to handlers in Pakistan.
"Following information from our sources, we had put the accused under surveillance and had summoned one Gulam Rasool, 45, who is also the mastermind of this espionage game and resident of Baap area in Jodhpur, through notice under the Official Security Act on January 17," CID SP S Parimala said.
Based on his information, his nephew Majid, 40, and aide Allabax, 50, were on Wednesday nabbed from Amritsar and Sri Ganganagar respectively.
Both of them were carrying important information with them and were said to cross the border from Attari to deliver it to their handlers in Pakistan. Parimala told that Majid was carrying two memory cards with him which contained vital information about army locations and exercises, whereas Allabax was carrying written documents and maps among other papers.
Rasool, who is believed to be spying for the past one year, has also been found in possession of a diary with phone numbers of various ISI cadres and other officials.
After his arrest, Rasool reportedly admitted to passing vital information about different military bases like Khajuwala, Nasirabad, Lathi, Chandhan and Phalodi's Air Force station besides the troops positioning in East Jaisalmer.
He also admitted receiving money in return of this information. Parimala said that they frequently changed their mobile numbers to talk to their handlers in code words.
