Four arrested on charges of leaking DRDO data

The police said that it had received credible inputs that some people were "wrongfully and willfully" passing on defence secrets to a third party, "appearing to be Pakistani agents." Police said the accused were getting "wrongful monetary benefits" in exchange.

Balasore (Odisha):Police in Odisha have apprehended four contractual employees working at Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) facility in Chandipur. The employees were arrested under the Official Secret Act for allegedly passing on classified defence secrets to 'foreign agents.'

Odisha police, in an official statement, said that four people were charged under sections 120-B, 121-A, and 34 of Indian Penal Code, along with sections 3,4 and 5 of the Official Secret Act by for "committing offence of causing serious harm to the security, sovereignty and integrity of our nation and further interrogation of these four detainees and some others is going on to unearth more evidence in the case."

The police said that it had received credible inputs that some people were "wrongfully and willfully" passing on defence secrets to a third party, "appearing to be Pakistani agents." Police said the accused were getting "wrongful monetary benefits" in exchange.

Based on the intel received by the police, multiple police teams were formed to apprehend the culprits. Balasore police recovered several incriminating materials during the raids conducted by the department.

A similar case in Balasore district was earlier registered in Chandipur PS which was investigated by Crime Branch, Odisha and the same resulted in the conviction of the accused.