Defence employee arrested in Haryana for passing information to Pak

The Haryana Police's STF arrested an employee of Military Engineering Wing in Jaipur from Dharuhera in Rewari late on Wednesday night for allegedly passing classified information to Pakistani Military Intelligence unit.

Chandigarh (Haryana):The Haryana Police on Wednesday arrested an employee of the Military Engineering Wing posted in Jaipur on the charges of passing information related to the Indian Army to Pakistan Military intelligence through WhatsApp and Facebook.

The arrested accused belongs to the Rewari district in Haryana.

According to an official release, upon getting information, a special team of Special Task Force (STF), Gurugram arrested the accused last night from bus stand in Dharuhera.

The accused was reportedly in Haryana for his holidays and was to return back to Jaipur when he was nabbed.

The STF team reportedly acted upon information from Military Intelligence, Lucknow, which had received information back in June that messages were being sent from the accused phone number to Pakistani operatives.

According to reports, the accused, Mahesh Kumar, had been honey-trapped and was in touch with Pakistani operatives for quite some time.

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Further, the accused also reportedly received money which Pakistani operatives sent through an account from Amritsar.

A case in this regard had been registered against him in police station Dharuhera under various sections. An investigation has been initiated in this case. Efforts are being made to gather information by interrogating the accused.

Complete information about the crime will be available after the police remand of the accused.

(With inputs from ANI)