Bhubaneswar: Odisha police on Tuesday arrested four contract staff of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) in Chandipur in Balalasore District for allegedly sharing the secret of defense classification to foreign agents, which allegedly originated from Pakistan.
“They worked as a lower contractual employee than the Drdo in the ITR Chandipur.
Acting on credible intelligence inputs, we recognize four people incorrectly and deliberately shared the secrets of secret defense to foreign agents, apparently becoming a Pakistani agent.
The defendant contacted a foreign agent from various numbers Phone and receive big money to act against Indian national security, “said Inspector General of Police (East Kisaran) Himanshu Lal to Ti.
The defendant, whose identity was not expressed by the police, was ordered under Section 120-B (punishment for a criminal conspiracy), 121-A (conspiracy to fight against India) and 34 (actions carried out with general intentions) from IPC and part 3, 4 and 5 of official secret laws.
This is the second time the espionage case that appears in the ITR chandipur.
Iswar Chandra Behera, former Drdo employee, was arrested on January 23, 2015, by Odisha police for allegedly spy on foreign agents.
In February this year, Behera was awarded the imprisonment of life by the additional district and the Ballasore Court session to spy on foreign agents.