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Honey-trapped by Pak agent, ITR officer held for leaking defence info

Odisha Police said the senior ranked officer managed to transmit and share the secrets of sensitive defence information regarding the missile test to a foreign agent of Pakistan for sexual favour.

Honey-trapped by Pak agent, ITR officer held for leaking defence info

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A senior officer of Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO)-run Integrated Test Range (ITR) centre in Chandipur was arrested by the Odisha Police on Friday for allegedly leaking sensitive defence information to a Pakistani agent.

“Senior ranked officer of Integrated Test Range Centre in Chandipur has managed to transmit and share the secrets of sensitive defence information regarding the missile test to a foreign agent of Pakistan for sexual favour as well as monetary gratification”, the Odisha Police said in an official statement.

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The arrested ITR officer booked under 120-A, 120-B, 34 Indian Penal Code, 3,4,5 of Official Secrets Act, 1923 is being interrogated. He was honey-trapped by a Rawalpindi-based Pakistani woman. Further investigation is underway as the possibility of more ITR staff involved in the incident may not be ruled out, said senior police officials.

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