Gujarat ATS arrests man for sharing sensitive info with Pakistani spy | India News

Sahdevsinh Gohil (Photo credit score: ANI)

NEW DELHI: The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Saturday arrested a contractual well being employee posted within the border district of Kutch for allegedly sharing sensitive details about navy institutions with a Pakistani spy.According to an ATS launch, the accused, Sahdevsinh Gohil, 28, was lured by a Pakistani agent who recognized herself as Aditi Bharadwaj. He allegedly shared details about each under-construction and current institutions of the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Indian Navy within the area.Superintendent of Police (ATS) Siddharth Korukonda stated Gohil, a resident of Lakhpat taluka in Kutch, had since June 2023 despatched pictures and movies of assorted BSF and naval services in Kutch district to the Pakistani spy by way of WhatsApp in change for cash, reported information company PTI.The Pakistani agent first contacted Gohil, who labored as a contractual well being employee at a authorities centre in Mata No Madh village in Lakhpat, on WhatsApp in June 2023 and befriended him.“After winning his trust, the agent sought photos and videos of BSF and Indian Navy offices and ongoing construction around his village. Gohil shared the requested classified information via WhatsApp,” stated the SP, including that Gohil knew she was a Pakistani spy.In January 2025, Gohil allegedly used his Aadhaar (distinctive identification quantity) to obtain a SIM card and shared the OTP with the Pakistani agent, permitting her to function WhatsApp linked to that quantity from Pakistan.Acting on a tip-off, the ATS introduced Gohil in for questioning a couple of days in the past and despatched his telephone for forensic evaluation, Korukonda stated.“Forensic analysis revealed that both the numbers on which Gohil used to share the information are currently being operated from Pakistan. We also learnt that he had received Rs 40,000 cash from an unidentified person sometime ago for sharing that information,” he stated.After the investigation, the ATS arrested Gohil and registered an FIR in opposition to him and the Pakistani agent beneath sections 61 (legal conspiracy) and 148 (waging struggle in opposition to the federal government) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the officer added.