Punjab govt to probe Captain Amarinder Singh's friend Aroosa Alam's link with ISI

Punjab deputy chief minister Sukhjinder Randhawa on Friday said the Congress government will probe into former chief minister Amarinder Singh's alleged links with the ISI through Aroosa Alam, who is a defence journalist of Pakistan.

"Captain Amarinder Singh is now saying that there is a threat from ISI. We will look into the woman's connection with it. Captain kept raising drones issue coming from Pakistan for last 4-5 years," the deputy chief minister said, as quoted by ANI.

Amarinder Singh has been raising the security issue and said Navjot Sidhu is a threat for the country's security because of his close relationship with the ISI and Pakistan. When the Captain was in New Delhi to visit Union home minister Amit Shah, Captain also met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval.

"So Captain first raised this issue and later got BSF deployed in Punjab. We will ask DGP to look into this matter," the minister said referring to Aroosa Alam's link with ISI.

Singh on Friday slammed the personal attack by the Punjab government against him and said it is worrying that instead of maintaining law and order amid the festive season, the Punjab government is now focussing on a "baseless" investigation into Amarinder Singh's friend Aroosa Alam's link with the ISI.