New Delhi: An upper-level Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) employee has been detained by the Maharashtra State Anti Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Pune on suspicion of engaging in "wrongful communication" with Pakistan-based intelligence agents in a possible honey trap.
The official has contributed to a number of DRDO's strategically important initiatives, including numerous missile projects. He has been detained under the Official Secrets Act, Indian Express reported.
The probe was started as a result of a complaint the DRDO filed, a top ATS officer said. “He was placed under arrest on Wednesday and was produced before a court in Pune on Thursday, where his custody was secured by the ATS. The DRDO had approached with the preliminary information,” said the officer.
“This primarily seems to be a case of honeytrap in which the senior scientist has come into contact with Pakistan-based intelligence operatives after he was trapped using photos of women on social media platforms. He was in contact with the Pakistan-based operatives through voice messages and video calls from September-October last year and is suspected to have shared some sensitive information with the operatives,” the officer said.