After white-collar terrorism in India, the espionage network of minors has now emerged as a major security challenge, in which Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI has a hand. In fact, ISI is accused of trapping and brainwashing minors and using them for espionage against India.
A senior official said that more than 37 minors are under the surveillance of security agencies, which includes 12 minors from Punjab and Haryana and about 25 minors from Jammu and Kashmir, whose age is said to be between 14 to 17 years.
This espionage network of ISI was exposed when a 15-year-old boy was detained in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir. Based on intelligence information, it was found that he was in contact with Pakistan based agencies and their handlers. When the police searched his mobile phone, very shocking things came to light.
Pakistan’s agencies implicated minors – SSP Dhillon
Pathankot Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Daljinder Singh Dhillon told ANI that the minor boy had contact with frontal organizations of terrorist organisations, agents associated with ISI and their handlers. He said that he was trapped by Pakistani agencies and on their instructions, he used to capture videos and photographs of sensitive locations of Indian security forces.
#WATCH Pathankot, Punjab , SSP Pathankot Daljinder Singh Dhillon says, “The police have arrested Sanjeev Kumar, aged 15, after receiving information that he had been supplying information related to the security of our nation to the frontal organizations of terror agencies,… pic.twitter.com/BKJQOmMa06
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2026
SSP Dhillon said that investigation also revealed that his phone was cloned after clicking a malicious link, due to which the handlers were monitoring his activities in real-time and easily extracting the data present in his phone.
SSP Dhillon called it a very sophisticated strategy of ISI. When this matter was investigated in depth, the spy network of minors was exposed. Police investigation revealed that ISI was mentally influencing many minors through online mediums and unconventional apps and making them do espionage work. ISI got these minors photographed of Indian security establishments, provided information to the handlers about the movement of Indian security convoys and provided logistical support to terrorist organizations.
SSP Dhillon warned
SSP Dhillon warned that this is a new and dangerous network of espionage, in which weak and impressionable minors are being targeted. The police is now trying to identify such children, take them out of this network and save them from further exploitation.
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