22 Sep : A dismissed jawan of the Indian Army working as an alleged ISI agent has been arrested in Patna with “important military papers” relating to the Indo-Pak border, a top police officer said on Tuesday.
His arrest by the Special Task Force of Bihar Police is a “big catch”, Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) Neelmani said.Acting on a tip-off by the Intelligence Bureau and other Intelligence agencies, the STF personnel raided a place under Kankarbagh police station and arrested Sudhanshu Sudhakar on Monday evening, he said.
Sudhakar, who was allegedly carrying “important military secrets relating to the western side of the Indo-Pak border,” was booked under the Official Secrets Act.The state police headquarters has informed officials of the Union Home Ministry and top authorities of Intelligence Bureau about the arrest.
Talking to reporters, Senior Superintendent of Police (Patna) Vinit Vinayak said the alleged ISI agent, who was residing in Sitamarhi in Bihar, was on his way to Kathmandu to share secrets related to deployment of Indian army in Jammu Kashmir and Secunderabad in Andhra Pradesh, besides information relating to missiles, with an ISI module.
Sudhakar joined the army in Secunderbad in 2002 as a sepoy, but because of his dubious activities, he was dismissed in 2007, Vinayak said.He said the ISI operative was also here to collect information about the Ordnance factory at Rajgir in Bihar’s Nalanda district.
Vital information was elicited from the ISI agent in course of marathon interrogation, the SSP said, adding police raided his Sitamarhi house and seized some important documents.Vinayak said simultaneous raids are also being carried out in Sitamarhi and Madhubani district and some places in Jharkhand.