Dismissed army soldier suspected ISI agent

Patna, Sept 22 (PTI) A dismissed army soldier suspected
to be spying for Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI)
was caught redhanded with secret documents about deployment of
Indian forces in Jammu and Kashmir and Secunderabad besides
information about missiles which he was planning to hand over
to a contact in Kathmandu.

Describing the arrest as a "big catch," Additional
Director General of Police (Headquarters) Neelmani told PTI
Tuesday that Sudhanshu Sudhakar, a former sepoy, was arrested
during a raid in Kankarbagh here Monday evening on a tip off
by the Intelligence Bureau.

A resident of Sitamarhi district, Sudhakar, who was
under surveillance for some time after being dismissed from
the army, has been booked under Official Secrets Act at the
Kankerbagh police station and the Home ministry has been
informed, Neelmani said.

The ISI operative was here to collect information
about the Ordnance factory at Rajgir in Nalanda district.

Senior Superintendent of Police (Patna) Vinit Vinayak
told reporters that the information Sudhakar had pertained to
missile requirements on the borders and latest missile
technologies.

The sepoy was cashiered from the army in 2007 after a
five year stint because of his alleged involvement in a
recruitment scam.

Sudhakar revealed vital information on his contacts
during interrogation and important documents were seized from
his Sitamarhi residence, the SSP said. (MORE) PTI