Their friendship began with a Fb video, then he found she was from Pakistan: Inside ISI ‘honeytrap’ try | India Information
3 min learnJammuJun 2, 2026 05:40 AM IST
A person in Jammu’s Doda district had been receiving threats and inducements from Pakistan’s Inter Service Intelligence (ISI) to make him work for them, officers have mentioned.
Based on police sources, the person, believed to be in his mid-30s and never recognized for security causes, had resisted the inducements. Legislation enforcement businesses mentioned this emerged throughout a raid on his house.
Police sources mentioned safety forces swooped in on the placement after allegedly intercepting WhatsApp calls from Pakistan and took the person into custody. They allegedly discovered that he had been led to imagine the caller, a girl, was from Kashmir and had began “resisting” as soon as he realised she was calling from Pakistan.
“The youth, whose id has been stored secret to make sure his security, was taken into custody and after detailed questioning and thorough scrutiny of his antecedents, he got here clear and was let off,” one officer mentioned.
A senior police officer confirmed the event, saying the person was not radicalised and was “discovered having resisted temptations and threats”. He added that the youth would stay underneath the police radar.
Sources mentioned a girl claiming to be from Kashmir had commented on a video he posted on snowfall in his space final December. “They quickly turned pals and began exchanging messages on Fb. This continued until March, when the girl requested for his WhatsApp quantity,” one officer mentioned.
The person allegedly found the girl was from Pakistan when her WhatsApp message confirmed +92 — Pakistan’s nation code. “When he confronted her, she provided him cash to ship images of safety forces’ deployment within the hinterland and alongside the border,” the officer mentioned.
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He allegedly blocked the quantity however continued to obtain texts and calls from varied numbers carrying a mixture of inducements and threats. “Through the course of, he got here underneath the safety radar. By the point he was apprehended, he had blocked practically a dozen calls,” the officer mentioned.
Sources mentioned this was not the primary time Pakistan’s ISI had allegedly tried to “honeytrap” an area youth in Jammu and Kashmir for delicate safety data. A fortnight in the past, a joint staff of police and the Military apprehended a 23-year-old college dropout from Makwal on prices of spying for Pakistan’s ISI after he was allegedly lured on Snapchat by a feminine ISI operative.
