NEW DELHI – Pakistan’s intelligence Agency ISI reportedly deep penetrationinside Indian Air Force Headquarters top secret records has rattled India.
An Indian Air Force Group Captain arrested on Wednesday by Delhi Police oncharges of espionage was allegedly seduced on Facebook by two agents ofPakistan’s ISI and used WhatsApp to pass on sensitive information to them,reported Hindustan Timeslink>.
Arun Marwaha, 51, was produced before a court on Thursday that sent him topolice custody for five days.
According to a Delhi Police Special Cell officer privy to theinvestigation, Marwaha shared information and documents with two Pakistaniagents who pretended to be women and chatted with him on Facebook. The fakeaccounts were in the names of Kiran Randhwa and Mahima Patel.
Marwaha allegedly used his smartphone to click pictures of the classifieddocuments pertaining to the IAF link>headquartersand then sent them across via WhatsApp.
According to the Special Cell’s officer, Marwaha befriended the ISIlink> agents link> whoposed as women models a few months ago.
“They chatted regularly on WhatsApp… and also allegedly exchangedintimate messages. The ISI link> agentslink> also honey-trapped him after obtainingsome of his nude pictures,” the officer said, adding that after gainingMarwaha’s trust, the “Pakistani agents link> askedthe officer for classified documents”.
“The documents which Marwaha shared mostly dealt with training and combatrelated air exercises. We also found he shared documents of Gagan Shakti,an exercise,” the officer added.
Special Cell’s special commissioner MM Oberoi said Marwaha was detained bytheIAF link> on January 31 after his activitieswere found “suspicious”. The Air Force had approached the Delhi Police toinvestigate the case.
“He was arrested on Wednesday after a case was registered against him underthe Official Secrets Act,” Oberoi said.
Marwaha is being questioned at the Special Cell’s headquarters in LodhiColony area of south Delhi. The police are also investigating if he had anyaccomplices.
Sources said Marwaha’s phone has been seized and sent for forensicexamination.
“He has even confessed to have had access to many secret documents andplans due to his posting at the Air Force Headquarters in Delhi,” thesource said.