NEW DELHI – An Indian Army officer has been arrested in Jabalpur in MadhyaPradesh in connection with a honey trap case. The officer of LieutenantColonel rank, currently posted at a workshop in Jabalpur, was detained bythe counter intelligence wing of the Indian Army.
He has reportedly been accused of transferring crucial and confidentialinformation of the Indian army to Pakistan’s ISI. According to reports, thedetained armyman allegedly got into a honey trap by Pakistan’s spy agencyISI and shared information that were confidential.
The name of the officer has not been revealed, but the Army has said thathe is being grilled, without confirming honey trap allegations.
“The officer is being questioned after he was picked up from Jabalpur bythe Army HQ team last (Tuesday) night,” Defence PRO, Allahabad, WingCommander Arvind Sinha told PTI over phone.
The officer, however, refused to disclose details. “We are not in aposition to clarify the exact reason behind this episode at present,” WingCommander Sinha said when asked whether it was a case of ‘honey trap’.
“The officer is being questioned and is under grilling at present,” the PROsaid. The officer also refused to share whether the Lt. Colonel was takento Lucknow for further questioning or is in Jabalpur.
Prabhat Khabar reported that the office of the Armyman has been sealed.Several documents and a computer hard drive has also been seized by theArmy. There are also reports of huge amount of money being deposited in hisaccount, but there is no official confirmation about the same.
Five days back, special cell of Delhi Police had arrested Group Captain ArunMarwahlink>forallegedly leaking confidential documents to ISI and spying for the Pakistanagency. An agent of ISI disguised as a woman used to chat with him.
What the IAF officer didn’t know at the time, is that Pakistan’s ISI agentshad prepared two fake profiles of Kiran Randhawa and Mahima Patel. Theusers had images of glamorous fashion models.
Initially, the chats were limited to comments and likes.
Soon, the chats grew explicit in nature, with the agents using videos tolure Marwah. The ISI, who used proxy servers and VoIP to mask their digitalfootprint, started saving the chats.
Three months ago, they agents digitally honeytrapped and threatened to makethe chats public.
Instead of informing authorities, Marwah succumbed to their demands. Inmid-January, the IAF officer shared top-secret documents related to DefenceCyber Agency, Defence Space Agency and Special Operations with the agencyon WhatsApp.