Overview
- Punjab police arrested Baljit Singh, alias Bittu, in Pathankot after intelligence-led action that recovered an internet-linked CCTV and a Wi‑Fi router from a shop on NH-44.
- The accused told investigators he installed the rotating camera in January and was paid about ₹40,000 by an unidentified contact who gave directions from Dubai.
- A formal FIR names four suspects and invokes sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Official Secrets Act as police continue raids to locate the remaining accused.
- Officials say the live video feed was transmitted electronically to Pakistan-based handlers and that the case is being coordinated with central security agencies to trace technical links and payments.
- Police place the arrest in a wider pattern after recent busts in Jalandhar and Kapurthala where solar‑ and SIM‑based CCTV modules allegedly sent off‑grid footage to Pakistan handlers, raising concerns about covert surveillance on defence routes.