Another honey trap case has surfaced at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Chandipur with Balasore police on Friday arresting a senior technical officer for allegedly leaking confidential information to a Pakistani agent.
According to police, the senior official of the ITR was honey-trapped by a Pakistani agent with nude videos. The senior officer reportedly shared important information about the DRDO with the agent, , police said that a case has been registered against him at Chandipur police station under Sections 120-A, 120-B and 31 of the IPC, and Sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act.
Sources said that sub-inspector Chandra Sekhar Mohanty of Chandipur police station had filed a written report alleging that the officer of the ITR transmitted/ shared the secrets of sensitive defence information regarding missile tests to a Pakistani agent for sexual as well as monetary gratification through WhatsApp conversation and exchange of sexual images and videos.
The officer was in contact with the agent, who was operating from Rawalpindi, for over a year. A mobile phone has been seized from his possession.
Further probe is underway to ascertain involvement of others in the case.
