Based on the inputs of intelligence agencies, a police team under the leadership of SSP, Kapurthala, Gaurav Toora, has arrested an employee working as Safai Sewak at the Kapurthala Army Cantonment on allegations of espionage for a foreign country.

The accused, identified as Raja, resident of Mushakved in Kapurthala district, was taken into custody near Y-Point, Kanjali, during a routine patrol and checking operation, officials said.

Raja was employed as a private sanitary worker inside the Army Cantonment on a contractual basis. During his arrest, the police searched his mobile phone and allegedly found evidence of communication with contacts in Pakistan. Investigating officers claim that the accused had been sending photographs of restricted Army areas and sharing sensitive information

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