Rajasthan govt employee and former assistant to ex-minister detained on spying charges

This comes at a time when security agencies in India have been making a spate of arrests over espionage allegations in the backdrop of the Pahalgam terror attack and the escalating border tensions between India and Pakistan. The attack, which killed 26 people – including a Nepal citizen – led to India conducting strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and Pakistan on May 7.

At least 10 people – including a personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force and a travel influencer, Jyoti Malhotra — have been arrested for spying and leaking sensitive information to Pakistan in the aftermath of the strikes and escalating border tensions.

Jaisalmer Superintendent of Police Sudheer Choudhary confirmed Khan’s detention for questioning but added that “further details will be given by the intelligence branch of the state police”.

According to sources, Khan, a resident of Manganiyar’s Dhani in Baroda village near the Pakistan border, has been under the scanner for some time, with his two bank accounts also under police surveillance.

Sources said the former minister was also being probed. Calls to the minister have so far gone unanswered.

Sakur will be moved to Jaipur soon for further investigation by security agencies, sources said.