Rajasthan Man Honey Trapped By Pakistani Woman To Get Sensitive Information, Arrested

A Pakistani woman honey-trapped a Rajasthan man to get sensitive information related to Alwar's cantonment area and other strategic sites in India, the Rajasthan Police said in a statement.

The accused Mangat Singh, a resident of Govindgarh in Alwar district, has been arrested under the Official Secrets Act, 1923, on Friday. He has been spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).

He has been working for Pakistanis for the last two years and was in touch through social media. The arrest was part of Operation Sindoor wherein the Rajasthan Intelligence has been keeping a close watch on strategic areas across the state, the report said.

As Alwar is part of the National Capital Region (NCR), it is considered a highly sensitive and strategically important location. "During surveillance in the Alwar cantonment area, officials found Singh's activities suspicious," the official said.

"Singh was allegedly honey-trapped by a female Pakistani handler posing under the pseudonym Isha Sharma, who offered her money in exchange for cooperation," the official said.

The cops have confirmed his involvement after getting inputs from various intelligence agencies at the Central Enquiry Centre, Jaipur, and a technical examination of his mobile phone.

"Rajasthan Intelligence has arrested Mangat Singh, a resident of Alwar, for spying for Pakistan's ISI under the Official Secrets Act 1923. During surveillance of the cantonment area in Alwar, the activities of Mangat Singh, a resident of Govindgarh, Alwar, were found suspicious.

Mangat Singh was allegedly honey-trapped by a female Pakistani handler posing under the pseudonym Isha Sharma, who offered her money in exchange for cooperation. A case was registered against Mangat Singh under the Official Secrets Act 1923 at the Police Station, Special Police Station, Rajasthan, Jaipur, yesterday, and he was arrested by the CID Intelligence Rajasthan," ANI quoted Rajasthan Police as saying in a statement.

Days ago, a man identified as Mahendra Prasad was arrested for similar reasons. He is accused of having sensitive information about India's defence activities.

Prasad was working as the manager of the DRDO Guest House at the Chandan Field Firing Range.

Also, the Rajasthan Police had arrested a man named Hanif Khan, a resident of Basanpeer Jooni in Jaisalmer, for spying for Pakistan's ISI. He had leaked confidential information about the Army to the Pakistani agency in exchange for money.