A 52-year-old retired honorary Indian Army captain from Kannamangalam in Tamil Nadu’s Vellore has been arrested for allegedly sharing information on military activities with a suspected Pakistani woman he met on a social media platform and posed as a Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) research assistant, police said on Monday.
A 44-year-old Indian Air Force Wing Commander was arrested in May for allegedly sharing sensitive defence information and classified documents. Babu, who was handed over to police after the intelligence agencies interrogated him, was booked under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 152 (endangering India’s sovereignty, unity and integrity) and Section 3 (1)c and 5 (1) (a) of the Official Secrets Act, which relate to the collection, recording or publishing of secret codes or sensitive information prejudicial to India’s security.
Police said they have seized Babu’s smartphones. They cited initial investigations and said it emerged that he purchased five mobile connections under his name over the last few months to communicate with the woman. Babu was produced before a court on Saturday and remanded to the central prison in Vellore.
