'Honey-Trapped' IAF Officer Arun Marwaha, Who Leaked Information to Pakistan's ISI in Lieu of Sex Chat, Arrested
The officer, Arun Marwaha, was sent to 5 day police remand after production in court on Thursday.
New Delhi, Feb 9: A senior Indian Air Force (IAF) officer was arrested by Delhi Police after preliminary probe revealed that he passed on secret information to the Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) -- the spy wing of Pakistan.
The officer, identified as Group Captain Arun Marwaha -- Director Para Operations, IAF Headquarters -- was under the radar of air force's counter-surveillance wing after he allegedly used his smartphone to click pictures at IAF's combat training ground in mid-December.
According to reports, the images which Marwaha allegedly passed on to the Pakistani handlers include those from the combat exercise Gagan Shakti.
While Marwaha was taken into remand by Delhi Police on Thursday, he was detained by the IAF on January 31 after collecting prima facie evidence against him.
Reports claimed that during the course of IAF's investigation, it was revealed that Marwaha was enticed by two Pakistani social media accounts, being operated with the pseudo names of Mahima Patel and Kiran Randhawa.
No monetary transaction took place between the two sides for the transfer of the confidential information. The images from the IAF's training and combat grounds were transferred to the honey trappers by Marwaha in lieu of the sex chats, the investigators said.
Marwaha has been booked under sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, as per the FIR filed by the Delhi Police. The IAF officer has handed over his phone to the police for forensic examination.
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