The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has detained a man named Sahdev Singh Gohil on charges of leaking secret information about the Border Security Force (BSF) and Indian Air Force (IAF) to a Pakistan-based handler.
Gohil, a Kachchh district-based multipurpose health worker, was called in for an initial interrogation on May 1, following intelligence inputs to the ATS that he was in touch with a Pakistani operative. While being interrogated, it came to light that Gohil had been in contact with a woman named Aditi Bharadwaj through WhatsApp between June and July 2023.
Gujarat ATS SP K Siddharth said, “Gujarat ATS arrested Sahdev Singh Gohil, a multipurpose health worker of Kachchh. We received information that he had been passing details relating to BSF and IAF to a Pakistani agent.”
Modus Operandi
According to investigators, Gohil learned about Bharadwaj’s true identity shortly after they started talking. In spite of knowing that she was acting on behalf of Pakistan, he allegedly started sending pictures and videos of BSF and IAF building sites through WhatsApp, as requested by her.
“In the first week of 2025, he purchased a SIM card on his Aadhaar Card and activated WhatsApp on the number for Aditi Bharadwaj using OTP,” Siddharth stated. The number was later allegedly used by the Pakistani agent to obtain the confidential visuals.
Financial Involvement
The authorities have disclosed that Gohil had been paid ₹40,000 in hard cash by an unknown person believed to be a member of the spy ring. His phone has been dispatched to the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) for further analysis.
“The numbers listed under Aditi Bharadwaj on WhatsApp were being used from Pakistan,” Siddharth confirmed.
Legal Action
A complaint has been lodged with both Gohil and the Pakistani handler under Sections 61 and 148 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). The arrest is part of the ATS’s broader campaign to crack down on anti-national activities and those believed to be working for hostile foreign agents, mainly in connection with Pakistan.
