Navy staff member was arrested for spying for Pakistan's Isi: Who is he? | Today news

A man identified as Vishal Yadav was arrested from the headquarters of the Indian Navy in Delhi on charges of spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, according to a report by NDTV. Who is Vishal Yadav? According to the report, Yadav, a clerk at the Navy’s headquarters and a resident of Haryana, is accused of transferring sensitive information about the Navy and other defense units to a female Pakistani handler in exchange for money, which was allegedly transferred during Operation Sindoor over the years. His arrest was carried out by the intelligence wing of Rajasthan police after supervision. NDTV reported that senior police officer Vishnukant Gupta confirmed that the CID intelligence unit had carefully detected spying activities linked to Pakistani agencies. Data obtained from Yadav’s cellphone contains reportedly classified materials shared with the foreign operator. Here’s what investigations say during supervision, the Vishal Yadav authorities found in regular contact with a female Pakistan intelligence handler who used the alias “Priya Sharma” on social media, according to officials. She allegedly paid Yadav in exchange for sensitive defense information of strategic importance, NDTV reports. Preliminary investigations revealed that Yadav was addicted to online games and was motivated by financial desperation due to its gambling losses. He received payments through cryptocurrency trading accounts and direct bank transfers, officials told NDTV. Yadav is currently being questioned by various intelligence agencies in the central interrogation center in Jaipur. After the Pahalgam terror attack and the retribution of India through Operation Sindoor, Indian counter-intelligence agencies have increased their warning levels. Over the past month alone, authorities have arrested several individuals in different states, including Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab. Among those arrested are two women with alleged ties with a Pakistan intelligence officer. Jyoti MalhoTra, a Youtuber of Haryana with 3.77 Lakh subscribers on YouTube and 1.33 Lakh followers on Instagram, and 31-year-old Guzala of Punjab, were in contact with Ehsan-Ur-Rahim, also known as Danish, a Pakistani officer in the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi is. Indian armies performed operation Sindoor on May 7 after 26 people, mainly tourists, died in a terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. The nine sites were targeted in a “focused, measured and non-estimatory” way. On May 10, India hit ‘Precision Strikes’ at the air base of Pakistan, namely Rafiqui, Murid, Nur Khan, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, Chunian, Pasrur and Sialkot as a result of the shooting of Pakistan and attacks across the border areas in the country. (With input from NDTV)