Centre on notice for Secrets Act’s ‘misuse’

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre on a petition filed by journalist Poonam Agrawal alleging misuse of The Official Secrets Act by the authorities and abuse of ‘sahayaks’ in the armed forces that reportedly led to suicide of Lance Naik Roy Mathew in Nashik. Agrawal is facing prosecution under the Act for having conducted a sting operation on the sahayak system. The petitioner demanded an appropriate inquiry into the alleged misuse of the sahayak system in the Army. TNS