Up to date on: Aug 13, 2025 08:25 am IST
The supervisor from Uttarakhand, allegedly shared confidential particulars of DRDO scientists and Indian Military officers with Pakistani intelligence by way of social media.
A contractual supervisor on the Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation (DRDO) Visitor Home close to the Chandan Area Firing Vary in Jaisalmer was arrested on Tuesday by Rajasthan’s CID Intelligence on costs of spying for the Pakistani intelligence company ISI.
The supervisor, recognized as Mahendra Prasad, is accused of sending confidential and strategic details about India throughout the border to Pakistan. He’s scheduled to be introduced earlier than the court docket on Wednesday, the place he shall be taken on remand for additional interrogation.
Inspector Common of Police CID (Safety), Rajasthan, Jaipur, Dr. Vishnukant, stated that forward of the upcoming state-level Independence Day celebrations, Rajasthan CID Intelligence has been actively monitoring doable anti-national and subversive actions carried out by international brokers throughout the state.
Throughout this surveillance, it was discovered that the contractual supervisor, a resident of Palyun in Almora district, Uttarakhand, was speaking with the Pakistani intelligence company by way of social media.
He was allegedly offering confidential details about the motion of DRDO scientists and Indian Military officers visiting the firing vary for missile and weapons testing to handlers in Pakistan.
Following these findings, the suspect was collectively interrogated by numerous intelligence companies on the Central Interrogation Centre in Jaipur. His cell phone was subjected to a technical examination, which confirmed he was sharing delicate info associated to the DRDO and Indian Military with Pakistani handlers.
A case was subsequently registered in opposition to Mahendra Prasad, son of Chaniram, aged 32, on August 12 beneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act, 1923. He was arrested by Rajasthan CID Intelligence on costs of espionage.
(With ANI inputs)
