A government official has been arrested for allegedly sharing details of G-20 event with Paki🐷stan.
The reports said the official was working as a temporary staffer of the Ministry of External ඣAffairs (MEA).
The person has been arrested for allegedly sharing details of G-20 meetings and other confidential info🍃rmation with an unidentified person in Pakistan, the reports said.
The Ghaziabad Police arrested the man, Naveen Pal, on charges of espionage based on information by the Intelligence Bureau (IB), the rep🃏orts mentioned.
“Pal allegedly shared confidential information through WhatsApp with a wওoman he met on social media. The virtual phone number associated with the woman's WhatsApp account appeared to be from Bareilly in UP,”NDTV reported.
It added: “However, the IP address was tracܫed to Karachi in Pakistan”.
The accused man, as per the reports, allegedly shared multiple pieces of intelligence about India, MEA documents, and details of G-20 meetings with a person ꦬin Karachi through WhatsApp.
The reports mentioned the documents recovered from Pal's phonওe were marked as "secret".
Besides, the report said a woman from Rajasthan's Alwar is under the radar of the investigative agency over♓ her financial transactions with Pal on an UPI platform.
The accused Naveen Pal is being questione𒁃d by the Ghaziabad Police and officials of the 🌳IB.
Earlier, DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar was arrested by the Anti-T🐬errorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra police for espionage.
In its chargesheet, the agency mentioned that he was attracted🗹 to the Pakistani Intelligence Operative, who used the 🔜alias 'Zara Dasgupta'.
According to the the chargesheet, the DRDO scientist chatted with her about𝔉 Indian missileܫ systems among other classified defence projects.
Kulrulkar was arrested on May 3 under the Official Secrets Act and is now in judicial custody.
