Pathankot man arrested for sending CCTV feed of forces’ movement to Pakistan-based handlers: police

A resident of Punjab’s Pathankot has been arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan-based administrators, police said on Thursday (May 21, 2026).

Police, during preliminary investigation, revealed that Baljit Singh, a resident of Chakk Dhariwal village, had installed a CCTV camera in a shop located near a bridge on National Highway-44, which allegedly tracked the movements of the army and paramilitary forces. Police added that he forwarded the live feed to Pakistan-based administrators.

During interrogation, the accused admitted that he had installed an internet-based CCTV camera at a shop on NH-44 Pathankot-Jammu Highway in January.

He was also getting directions from an unknown person in Dubai. Police claimed that he was given ₹40,000.

They said that the police seized the CCTV camera from his possession.

Notably, last month police had busted two of Pakistan’s ISI-backed espionage modules that were using high-tech, Chinese-made solar-powered CCTV cameras to transmit live feeds of sensitive military locations to Pakistan-based handlers.