Mangat Singh, a resident of Rajasthan’s Alwar, was sent on a three-day police remand on Saturday after being arrested on Friday for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s ISI, officials said on Saturday.

The Rajasthan Intelligence took Singh into custody under the Official Secrets Act, 1923.

Special Public Prosecutor Sudesh Kumar said, “Mangat Singh was arrested yesterday under the Official Secrets Act. Today, he was sent for a three-day police remand…”

Kumar added, “Mangat Singh, who claimed to be a ‘siddh purush,’ was very famous in Alwar. He used to forcibly take money from people under the pretext of conducting rituals… When we put him under surveillance, we found that he was connected to a Pakistan ISI agent whose number is saved in his phone with the names ‘Isha Sharma’ and ‘Isha Boss’.”

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