In a major operation, the Army’s counter-intelligence (CI) wing and Military Intelligence (MI) carried out searches at the official premises of a Lieutenant Colonel posted at a base headquarters in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, on Wednesday, on suspicion that he may have fallen prey to a honeytrap or ‘spear phishing’ by Pakistan’s ISI.
Officials remained tight-lipped on the operation, but sources say that the officer is posted at the Army base workshop and was on the radar for the last two months. He has been detained, they said. CI and MI officers moved in on him on Monday, said an officer.
The takedown team arrived in 14-15 vehicles and started searching his office and quarters, said sources. There are multiple theories doing rounds and it’s not clear if he was honey-trapped or is being investigated in a corruption case.