A man from Punjab’s Pathankot district has been arrested on allegations of spying for Pakistan-based handlers after police uncovered a covert surveillance setup reportedly used to monitor Indian Army and paramilitary movement along National Highway-44.
The accused, identified as Baljit Singh alias Bittu from Chakk Dhariwal village, allegedly installed an internet-enabled CCTV camera at a roadside shop near a bridge on the Pathankot–Jammu stretch of NH-44. Investigators claim the live footage was being transmitted to handlers operating from Pakistan and abroad.
Punjab Police said the operation came to light following intelligence inputs about suspicious activity near the strategically important highway corridor.
CCTV camera allegedly used to monitor military movement
According to senior police officer Daljinder Singh Dhillon, Baljit Singh admitted during interrogation that he had installed the camera in January this year near Sujanpur in Pathankot district.
