Assam Jawan Arrested for Leaking 'Crucial Info' to Female Pakistani ISI Agent

New Delhi, November 6, 2019:

Two Indian army jawans, including one from Assam, have been arrested for leaking crucial information to the Pakistani spy agency, ISI.

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The duo, Lance Nayak Ravi Verma, from Madhya Pradesh and soldier Vichitra Bohra, from Assam, have been taken into custody from the Jodhpur railway station on charges of sharing "crucial information" with a Pakistani ISI agent after being honey-trapped.

According to officials, both the jawans were going to their village from Pokhran when intelligence officials took them into custody from the Jodhpur railway station in Rajasthan on Tuesday.

They have now been taken from Jaipur from Jodhpur, where they are being interrogated.

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Rajasthan Additional Director General Umesh Mishra confirmed that the preliminary investigation shows the two soldiers have been "honey-trapped." According to officials, the two jawans were sending crucial information to Pakistan, via WhatsApp and Facebook.

Both the jawans were honey-trapped by the premier intelligence service official from Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

The woman had a Punjabi accent and was calling using voice over internet protocol (VoIP) service from a Pakistani number, which was seen as an Indian number on the soldier's screen.

As such, they took her to be an Indian and shared crucial information on army deployment in Rajasthan, army equipment, and other crucial details.

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