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Police say Harpal Singh
Bhullar's son ISI spy
WSN Network
FEROZEPUR:
Activities of Bhai Mardana Yadgari Kirtan Darbar Society headed by
Harpal Singh Bhullar came under a shadow last week when Punjab
Police raided his residence and arrested his 26-year-old son Gurjeet
Singh, claiming he was spying for Pakistan's ISI, a charge stoutly
denied by Bhullar who said it was all part of a conspiracy to defame
him.
Police claimed
that Gurjeet, a frequent visitor to Pakistan as part of the Sikh
pilgrims' jatha, came in contact with ISI officials Sayeed and Rana
during a visit to Pakistan and started working for them. The police
also arrested one Dilbagh Singh, 25, of Amritsar, claiming that he
too was an associate of Gurjeet. As per the police, the two were
lured by money and used to get paid through hawala transactions and
passed on the information through SMSes and e-mails.
Incidentally,
Gurjeet is physically challenged. His father has claimed that his
rivals were out to settle personal scores with him and the raid and
arrest were all part of that. He has vowed that he will not get his
son released on bail and will fight it out.
Punjab Special
Operations Cell (Amritsar unit) in-charge P.K. Rai told the media
that sensitive material related to military installations,
photographs, charts, movement of Army units and Pakistan phone
numbers had been found stored on the recovered laptop and mobile
phones.
Such claims by
the police have often turned out to be specious in courts, and the
circumstances in the case are too murky for anyone to say anything
definitively.
29
July 2009
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