Overview
- Assam Police arrested retired junior warrant officer Kulendra Sharma in Tezpur after surveillance, alleging he shared sensitive defence information over social media.
- Officers seized a laptop and mobile phone from Sharma and sent them for forensic examination, with investigators noting some deleted data and booking him under relevant BNS sections.
- Arunachal Pradesh Police say four suspects are now in custody in the state, including earlier Itanagar arrests of Nazir Ahmad Malik and Sabir Ahmed Mir from Kupwara for allegedly transmitting deployment details via an encrypted Telegram channel called ‘AL AQSA’.
- Hilal Ahmed, 26, was picked up in Aalo (West Siang) and another person was detained in Miao (Changlang), with both transferred for interrogation to determine their roles and linkages.
- Investigators allege assignments ranged from collecting troop-movement information to facilitating illegal entry and couriering arms, while stressing that several claims from questioning await forensic validation under cases filed using the BNS and Official Secrets Act.