The Army clerk was put under surveillance for the past six months by the military intelligence before he was arrested

A 26-year-old Army clerk has been arrested in Madhya Pradesh after he was allegedly found to be honey-trapped by Pakistan agencies on social media and passing information to them.

Sources told India Today TV that the Army clerk, who was posted in an infantry battalion in Madhya Pradesh's Mhow, came in touch with a Pakistan-based Facebook profile of a woman who claimed to be an international journalist.

He started chatting regularly and exchanging details and information about the movement of troops and military exercises via Facebook and WhatsApp, sources said.

Later, he allegedly received tasks of providing information pertaining to location, movement and exercise related to Indian Army. He used to gather the information based on his knowledge and using his contacts in Army.

The Army clerk was put under surveillance for the past six months by the military intelligence before he was arrested.

Further details pertaining to the individual's association with Pakistani agencies, information passed, favours received and involvement of others are being investigated.

The authorities are also investigating if the money received by him was in exchange of the information.