Delhi Police Special Cell arrested a radical for espionage, documents of Indian Army seized
New Delhi, April 17
The Delhi Police Special Cell held one for alleged passing of secret information of the country to foreign intel agency leading to espionage.
The accused was identified as Harpal Singh (35) who was working as farm machinery operator to dupe the law enforcement agencies.
DCP Special Cell, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav stated that with his arrest,incriminating documents containing confidential details related to Indian Army, BSF and vital installations, mobile phone and SIM cards used by him to contact his Pakistani handlers, have been recovered.
The special cell officials stated that huge amount of money was being paid to him through Hawala channels for conveying sensitive information to foreign Intelligence agency.
While working with the Central Intelligence agencies, Special Cell received a secret input that Harpal Singh is allegedly having links with Intelligence Officer of foreign countries and he has been receiving funds from his handlers through illegal means forconveying sensitive information, which concerns to National Security.
The special cell registered a case sections 3, 4, 5, 9 of the Official Secrets Act and120B of the Indian Penal Code.
During the investigation, the Special Cell found that he is working as a farm machinery operator and doing fencing work at Indo-Pak border and there he found and created a way to transfer the secret information/documents across the border. On further surveillance, it was revealed that he used to work on a Combine harvesting machine to cut the wheat in present days to dupe the LEA.
The agency received information that on April 12, he was coming to Delhi and he is in process of getting some secret documents from his sources, so that the same could be transferred further to his handler. On the basis of said information, agency deployed a team that discreetly followed him all the way and found that, he reached at Majnu Ka Tila where a trap was laid for his arrest.
The special cell stated that during his interrogation, Harpal Singh has disclosed his involvement in procurement of secret/sensitive information and further conveying the same through different digital channels to his Pakistan based handler namely Jaspal of Lahore, Pakistan. He further disclosed that he was about to convey these recovered secret information to his handlers.In the past also, he had sent several videos and information to his handler and received a handsome remuneration for the same.
Speaking more about Harpal Singh, the agency stated that he was born and brought up in villages adjoining the Indo-Pak borders. He is well versed with details and locations of the Indian troops posted there. He found a source to earn a lot of money when he came across his handler namely Jaspal through MessengerApp. The said Jaspal Singh motivated him and was able to radicalize him by citing various atrocities committed upon their community and persuaded him to work for him. The accused later came to know that Jaspal was based in Pakistan and working for their Intelligence agency. Ever since then he has been working for him and has been supplying him with confidential information of the Indian security troops.
The officials added that Harpal Singh has been receiving money from his handler through Hawala for funding the espionage operation. Harpal Singh got the chance to meet his handler during his visit to Oman. He has also provided his handler the access to India based mobile numbers and has also been using such numbers for himself for communicating through WhatsApp, so that they do not get caught.
The forensic analysis of seized mobile phones is being conducted to unearth the entire network and conspiracy in this case. Identities and roles of other foreign nationals involved in the conspiracy are also being ascertained.
The special cell is further investigating the case. The agency seized confidential documents of Indian Army, two bus tickets used for the journey and one mobile phone having two SIM cards through which he was in contact with his handler.
