Shyam Sood

Rajouri, April 26

The Army has apprehended two ISI agents in Rajouri district soon after they crossed the Line of Control and entered Indian territory on Sunday.Alert personnel of the Nowshera Brigade apprehended the two ISI agents from the Line of Control in the Lam-Jhangar area.They were identified as 30-year-old S Hassan and 18-year-old H Ali, residents of Sazarkot in the Khuiratta tehsil of Kotli district in PoK.“Both the persons arrested are hardcore agents of the ISI. They were sent to the Lam-Jhangar sector on a recce for a possible infiltration attempt,” said an official source. He added both agents were detected via surveillance equipment and allowed to enter Indian territory they were arrested by the soldiers.During their sustained interrogation, they admitted links with the ISI and reportedly informed the interrogators that they had visited the area in the past as well.Sources added that both agents were testing Indian defence deployment in the area and looking for a possible weak point to push terrorists into the state.Lt Col Manish Mehta, PRO Defence, admitted the Army had apprehended two PoK residents who had trespassed from Nowshera sector and were handed over to the police for further action.“The Army has neither shared information about the arrests of two PoK nationals nor handed them over to us. It is not feasible to share any information at this stage,” said Rajouri SSP Rajeshwar Singh.