A resident of Punjab's Pathankot has been arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan-based handlers, allegedly sending them a live feed of the troop movements in the area.
Punjab police said on Thursday that according to the preliminary investigation, the man, identified as Baljit Singh, is a resident of Chakk Dhariwal village in Pathankot.
He had installed a CCTV camera at a shop located near a bridge on the National Highway-44 to allegedly keep an eye on the movement of the army and paramilitary forces.
The police officials quoted in a PTI report said that the accused was allegedly transmitting the live feed to Pakistan-based handlers.
During questioning after the arrest, the accused confessed that he had installed an internet-based CCTV camera at a shop on the NH-44 Pathankot-Jammu Highway in January this year.
The police have said that Singh was also getting directions from an unknown person in Dubai. He was given ₹40,000, police claimed.
The officials said that the Police recovered the CCTV camera from his possession.
