A number of groups of the Nationwide Investigation Company (NIA) are on Saturday conducting searches in Delhi, Chandigarh and Kolkata, days after arresting an assistant sub-inspector (ASI) of the Central Reserve Police Pressure (CRPF) for allegedly sharing categorized info with intelligence officers in Pakistan.
Earlier this week, the NIA stated it had arrested CRPF ASI Moti Ram Jat from Delhi and was questioning him. The central company alleged that he shared categorized info with Pakistani brokers, who posed as TV journalists, and was taking funds from them. He was posted with a CRPF battalion in J&Ok’s Pahalgam and was transferred to Delhi 5 days earlier than the April 22 terror assault on the vacationer vacation spot during which 26 civilians misplaced their lives.
On Saturday, a NIA spokesperson stated, “We’re conducting searches in 15 areas and can share additional info later.”
Throughout questioning, Jat claimed that he was allegedly approached by a lady posing as a Chandigarh-based information reporter from a number one TV information channel, who requested that he share some info. “After some messages and cellphone calls, together with over video, Jat allegedly began sharing categorized paperwork along with her. After two-three months, a person, a Pakistan intelligence officer, began speaking to him, posing as a journalist of the identical information channel,” stated a CRPF supply.
“After one or two months, they began giving Rs 3,500 to him on the fourth day of each month, and in addition Rs 12,000 for essential info. He obtained the cash in his and his spouse’s accounts,” claimed the supply.
He was remanded within the company’s custody till June 6 by the Particular Courtroom at Patiala Home Courts. “We have now arrested Jat. He was actively concerned in espionage exercise and had been sharing categorized info associated to nationwide safety with PIOs (Pakistani intelligence officers) since 2023. We have now additionally discovered that he was receiving funds from the PIOs by way of varied conduits,” an NIA spokesperson stated.
He has been dismissed from service. A CRPF spokesperson stated Jat was discovered to have violated established norms and protocols throughout “sustained monitoring” of his social media exercise in coordination with central companies.