NEW DELHI – Large amount of money was transfered in the account of theIndian Army Colonel and Indian intelligence agencies suspect that secretinformation has been sold to the enemy intelligence agencies for money.

A preliminary enquiry was ordered on 12 February 2018 by the Army toascertain the facts on leakage of secret information from IT devices of aLieutenant Colonel posted in Army Base Workshop at Jabalpur.

It is yet to be established whether it has happened inadvertently or adeliberately as reported,” it added.

On February 14, the Indian Army’s intelligence wing detained a Lt. Colonelin Jabalpur in connection with a case of a honey trap, said sources.

“Army officer of Lt Colonel rank has been detained in Jabalpur over a honeytrap case. Officer is working in the Jabalpur workshop and has beendetained by the counter intelligence wing of the Army,” the sources said.

The sources further added that the detention was done on the basis of theofficer’s suspicious conduct.

“He came under radar after a big amount of money was transferred into hisaccount. The observation is that he leaked sensitive documents afterreceiving the money,” the sources said.