2 defence employees arrested for leaking confidential information to Pakistani agent

Yash Goyal

Our Correspondent 

Jaipur, June 9 

Rajasthan State Intelligence Bureau has arrested two civil defense employees from Bikaner and Jhunjhunu for espionage and allegedly passing vital military information to a Pakistani agent in return for money.

The accused were identified as Vikas Kumar, 29, a civil defense employee at the Army Ammunition Depot near Sri Gangangar, and Chiman Lal, 22, a civil contractual employee of Army’s Mahajan Field Firing Range in Bikaner, ADG-Intelligence of Rajasthan Police Umesh Mishra said on Tuesday.

“Intelligence Bureau kept a close watch on the suspected activities, and after interrogation and cross checking their mobile call details, it was established that the two have been leaking confidential information to Pakistan’s intelligence agency through an agent,” Mishra said, adding that further investigation was underway.

Vikas, who is the son of a retired army person and belongs to Jhunjhunu, had met the Pakistani agent through a woman he met on social media.