Overview
- Ajaykumar Surendrasingh Singh, 47, a retired Army Subedar, and Rashmani Ravindrapal, 35, were arrested on Thursday in Ahmedabad on allegations of sharing sensitive information with Pakistani agents, according to the Gujarat ATS.
- An FIR was registered on December 3 at the ATS Police Station under Sections 61 and 148 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, initiating the formal criminal probe.
- Forensic analysis recovered WhatsApp calls to international numbers along with documents and financial transactions that investigators say connect the accused to overseas handlers.
- ATS officials allege a handler posing as “Ankita Sharma” contacted Singh in 2022 during his Dimapur posting and later sent a trojan file to gain remote access to his phone.
- Investigators say Rashmani acted as an intermediary under the alias “Priya Thakur,” engaging with Army personnel at the direction of handlers identified as Abdul Sattar and Khalid, with the case tied by ATS to ongoing counter-terror operations in Gujarat.