Indian colonel caught in ISI’s BD ‘honey-trap’

An Indian army officer of the rank of lieutenant colonel has been “honey-trapped” by the Inter-Services Intelligence in Bangladesh, and has confessed to being blackmailed, a report in The Asian Age has said. The Indian Army has recalled the officer and ordered a court of enquiry. Defence sources confirmed the incident, saying it had come to light “two to three months ago”, the report said.
“An Indian Army infantry officer undergoing a staff college course in Bangladesh was honey-trapped by the ISI. When they started blackmailing him, he approached the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh and confessed. He has been recalled to India,” a defence source said. The Indian army suspects the ISI is using women to entrap Indian Army officers on staff courses in Bangladesh. The court of enquiry may examine several aspects, including whether the officer had parted with any sensitive information to the ISI and whether other officers could have been compromised. The sources said the officer in question was involved in “conduct unbecoming of an officer”, which is considered an “act of loose moral conduct” in the armed forces. Indian and Bangladeshi army officers regularly visit each other’s country for staff college courses. The ISI is believed to have a formidable network in countries like Bangladesh and Nepal, the newspaper said.