Bhopal: Police remand of a suspected spy, arrested here with military documents, was extended till July 26 even as intense search was on for two persons, including an armyman, who had allegedly supplied him the classified material.

Interrogation of Mohd Nayeem was on after a court yesterday extended his remand by three days, Superintendent of Police A K Singh told reporters here today.

Nayeem has disclosed that a person had introduced him to an armyman, who had been supplying him information and documents related to the military, the SP said, adding efforts were on to trace both of them.

The suspected spy, a helper with railways and a resident of Jhansi, was arrested near 3 EME (electrical and mechanical engineers) centre on July 18, with classified documents, pictures, books and Cd's carrying information about military establishments.

An expert report from the Army confirmed that the material was marked for "restricted circulation", Singh said. Nayeem, whose links to Pakistan were revealed during interrogation, had been working as a conduit passing on classified information to his "sources", police said, adding the railway travel pass issued to him had allowed him to move across the country without raising suspicion.

Acting on information from Nayeem about two persons linked to him, police had conducted raids at some places in Jhansi, but were yet to arrest them.