NEW DELHI – Startling revelations about leaking of top secret informationhave surfaced in the honey trapped IAF officer charge sheet filed in Thecourt.
The Delhi Police Special Cell has filed a chargesheet against honey-trappedAir Force officer, Group Captain Arun Marwah. The investigating bodyconducted an enquiry into the tainted officer, who is in judicial custodysince his arrest in January, 2018.
The chargesheet, that India Today is in possession of, states that ArunMarwah took photographs of classified documents illegally and otherinformation with the intention of handing it over to “unauthorizedpersons”. It was imminent that the integrity and security of the countrywould be adversely affected by actions.
The complainant, who first approached the authorities about Group CaptainMarwah, joined the investigation and produced incriminating material likeCPU, tab, mobile phones, pen drives, and CDs among other things seized byAir Force authorities from the office and residence of Marwah.
The charge sheet further states, during his interrogation, Marwah revealedthat on December 20, 2017 he received a friend request on Facebook fromKiran Randhawa which he accepted. They soon started chatting on FacebookMessenger. He further said, they would not talk regularly but it was “onand off and mostly sexy in nature”.
The investigating body said in the charge sheet filed that Arun Marwah gotin touch with Mahima Patel and Kiran Randhawa through social mediaincluding Facebook and WhatsApp. He had access to sensitive documents,which he illegally photographed and sent the same to “external entities”.
Police also traced the IP addresses through which Patel and Randhawaaccessed the internet. On investigation, the Special Cell came across 12 IPaddresses, which were traced to Pakistan.
Marwah has further revealed, “The letters which I sent to Mahima is relatedto the general work of PARA – the special forces of Indian Air Force.”
He was arrested earlier this year after a senior Air Force officerdiscovered a massive security breach. He spotted the accused entering theoffice allegedly with a smartphone, which was not allowed in the building.