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The Itanagar Police person arrested 2 persons from Jammu and Kashmir for alleged espionage activities successful Arunachal Pradesh, an serviceman said connected Tuesday (December 23, 2025).
Inspector General of Police (Law and Order) Chukhu Apa said the 2 persons were arrested from Kupwara territory of Jammu and Kashmir connected December 18, and they person been brought to the State, wherever they are presently successful constabulary custody.
The arrested individuals person been identified arsenic Aijaz Ahmed Bhat and Bashir Ahmad Ganai.
The IGP said that different idiosyncratic who was earlier detained from Miao successful Changlang territory has been released aft investigators recovered nary worldly grounds linking him to the espionage activities.
According to the constabulary officer, the accused were allegedly progressive successful collecting delicate accusation from antithetic parts of Arunachal Pradesh and sharing it with handlers based successful Pakistan.
The lawsuit archetypal came to airy connected November 21, erstwhile constabulary arrested Nazir Ahmad Malik and Sabir Ahmed Mir, some residents of Kupwara territory successful Jammu and Kashmir, pursuing circumstantial quality inputs astir their suspected engagement successful spying activities.
Malik was initially detained from Ganga colony successful Itanagar, and based connected accusation obtained from him, Mir was arrested aboriginal the aforesaid time from Abotani colony, successful the authorities capital.
West Siang constabulary arrested 1 Hilal Ahmed, besides from Kupwara district, from a store astatine Aalo, the territory office town, who was moving a cloth store astatine the commercialized just successful Old Market.
Changlang constabulary had besides arrested 1 Gulam Md Mir from Miao, who was aboriginal released by police.
The arrested individuals were mostly broad sellers who travelled to assorted parts of the authorities to cod information, the IGP said.
"We were moving based connected credible accusation astir a spy ringing operating retired of Arunachal Pradesh. Under the enactment of Itanagar SP Jummar Basar, the squad worked diligently and made these arrests. Two person been arrested from Kupwara and 3 from antithetic locations successful the Itanagar Capital Region," Mr. Apa said.
On the anticipation of further arrests, the IGP said that interrogation of the accused is continuing, and forensic introspection reports are awaited.
"We volition proceed further based connected grounds successful the coming days. The arrested individuals are mostly broad sellers who visited assorted parts of the authorities to cod information," helium added.
Expressing interest implicit lax verification practices, Mr. Apa urged citizens to stay vigilant.
"I entreaty to the radical of Arunachal Pradesh to transportation retired constabulary verification earlier allowing anyone to enactment connected your spot for information reasons. Do not fto radical enactment successful your location without due verification," helium said.
