In a startling development that underscores the growing threat of cross-border espionage, Haryana has witnessed its second arrest within a week for alleged spying and passing sensitive information to Pakistan. The latest case involves 25-year-old Devendra Singh Dhillon, a political science postgraduate student from Khalsa College in Patiala, who was apprehended in Kaithal on May 12. His arrest comes just days after another individual, Nauman Ilahi, was detained in Panipat on similar charges, raising serious concerns over the extent of Pakistani intelligence infiltration within Indian borders.
Dhillon, a native of Kaithal, had reportedly traveled to Pakistan in November of the previous year via the Kartarpur Corridor—an initiative meant to facilitate religious pilgrimage but increasingly under scrutiny due to its potential misuse for intelligence gathering. Upon interrogation, it was revealed that Dhillon was allegedly in contact with operatives from Pakistan’s notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), with whom he had been sharing classified visuals and information, including images of the Patiala military cantonment.
Authorities stated that Dhillon maintained a digital footprint on social media where he uploaded photos of firearms, a move that first drew the attention of law enforcement. His mobile phone has since been seized for forensic analysis, and an investigation into his bank accounts is underway to trace possible financial transactions between him and Pakistani handlers. Preliminary findings suggest that Pakistani officers may have invested substantial resources to cultivate and exploit Dhillon’s access to sensitive locales.
The situation has cast a long shadow over national security, particularly as the arrest follows that of Nauman Ilahi, a 24-year-old Uttar Pradesh native working as a security guard in Panipat. Ilahi is believed to have used intermediaries—his brother-in-law and a company driver—to route payments from Pakistani agents in exchange for strategic information.
These back-to-back arrests coincide with a tenuous calm prevailing along the India-Pakistan border, following a volatile period marked by India’s decisive Operation Sindoor on May 7. That operation resulted in surgical strikes on nine terror hubs located in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. The military retaliation was in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, where 26 civilians lost their lives, pushing India to adopt a more aggressive stance against cross-border terrorism.
Adding to the recent spate of espionage cases, Punjab Police also arrested two individuals last week, including a woman, in connection with a Pakistani official stationed at the High Commission in Delhi. The arrests have raised red flags across intelligence agencies, pointing to a wider, systematic effort by Pakistan’s intelligence machinery to penetrate India’s internal security fabric using both financial inducements and digital infiltration tactics.
While the border remains quiet under the recent ceasefire agreement reached on May 10, the internal landscape reflects a more covert and ongoing battle—one that threatens national integrity and requires constant vigilance. Authorities continue to piece together digital and financial evidence in these unfolding cases, which could expose deeper espionage networks operating within Indian territory.
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