Jammu Police Investigate Army Officer’s Wife Over Foreign Links

Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a case against the wife of a serving Army officer under the Official Secrets Act and relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, investigating allegations that she had contact with foreign intelligence operatives. Police have not arrested her, and a preliminary inquiry has not established that she shared sensitive information, official sources said. The FIR was registered Friday, October 16, at Gandhi Nagar police station in Jammu. The woman, who is from Telangana, was questioned after the case was filed, according to official-source accounts. The investigation is examining the nature of her research activities and whether any information or material was communicated to foreign contacts. Investigators reportedly suspect that some contacts may have been linked to China. According to accounts attributed to officials, the woman was approached through research or academic-style assignments involving subjects that allegedly included defence and geopolitical issues. The allegations have not been independently established, and the identities of the suspected foreign contacts have not been disclosed. Police sources said the inquiry had...