Missile programme: India arrests man for ‘passing secrets to ISI’
Police allege that Ishwar Chandra Behera, working as a cameraman, was passing on information about missile activities
Police allege that Ishwar Chandra Behera, working as a cameraman, was passing on information about missile activities. STOCK IMAGE
BHUBANESWAR:
Indian police claimed to have arrested a 35-year-old man on Friday in the eastern state of Odisha, accusing him of passing military secrets to Pakistan’s military intelligence agency — ISI.
“He confessed that he had met an (ISI) agent in Kolkata a number of times,” he said Police claimed they found a substantial amount of money had been transferred to Behera’s bank account from several places including Abu Dhabi and Mumbai. They are investigating if he was assisted by anyone else.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2015.
Indian police claimed to have arrested a 35-year-old man on Friday in the eastern state of Odisha, accusing him of passing military secrets to Pakistan’s military intelligence agency — ISI.
Police alleged that Ishwar Chandra Behera was passing on information about missile activities conducted at a unit of India’s Defence Research & Development Organisation, where he worked as a cameraman. “He was providing vital information related to missile tests and other military activities to an ISI agent for the past 8-10 months,” Odisha’s inspector general of police AK Panigrahi told Reuters.
“He confessed that he had met an (ISI) agent in Kolkata a number of times,” he said Police claimed they found a substantial amount of money had been transferred to Behera’s bank account from several places including Abu Dhabi and Mumbai. They are investigating if he was assisted by anyone else.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 25th, 2015.