Indian engineer arrested for providing missile information to alleged Pakistani spy on marriage vows
Authorities say accused provided information about the technology used in the Indian Agni missile & K series missiles that hit the ground on a wedding promise.
An engineer working at the Defense Research and Development Laboratory DRDL in Hyderabad capital of Indian state of Telangana has-been arrested on charges of providing sensitive information to a Pakistani spy.
According to Times of India English language newspaper the Defense Research & Development Laboratory engineer was allegedly lured by a Pakistani spy into marriage & love & then leaked information about India missile program. Forced on
A press note issued by the police in this regard has confirmed the arrest of 29 year old engineer Mallikarjan Reddy and stated that he was a contract employee of DRDL who had-been working in company since February 2020. ۔
According to the press note he mentioned on his Facebook profile that he works in DRDL after which in March 2020 he received a friend request from a woman.
According to police woman revealed that her name is Natasha Rao, she lives in the united kingdom UK & works for a defense magazine.
Police also say the woman told Melikarjan Reddy that her father was in the Indian Air Force & later moved to Britain.
The Times of India reported citing senior police sources that the alleged spy had also sought information from engineer about India nuclear capable intercontinental ballistic missile & submarine launched missiles.
According to police officials accused admitted everything during the interrogation & now the police is seeking further extension of the remand of Melikarjan Reddy for further details.
According to the Times of India the authorities said that the accused shared information about the technology used in the Indian Agni missiles and K series missiles that hit the ground on the promise of marriage.
It may be recalled that the K series missiles are specially designed for Indian Navy nuclear capable ballistic missile submarines.
According to the Times of India the task of the accused Reddy was to visit the Defense Manufacturing Units to review the progress of the work & fix the date of delivery.
Authorities claim that this is why the engineer had information about the technology used to make the missiles. A senior police official told the Times of India that Reddy was alone in his private life so he got caught up in the woman sweet talk & shared intelligence about K series missiles.
A senior intelligence official claimed that accused had a 3500 km range K 4 missile a 6000 km range K 5 & a 1500 km range K 15 Sagarika series code number B 05 all equipped with nuclear weapons. Details of the ballistic missile launched from the submarine were shared.
The engineer was in contact with the woman for 2 years between January 2020 & December 2021 a Richakonda police official was quoted as saying.
Authorities say the woman had 2 more Facebook accounts. The woman always talked to Reddy on Facebook Messenger & WhatsApp but never made a video call.
He also agreed to Reddy repeated requests for photographs & introduced himself as an employee of British Defense Journal.
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تازہ خبر حکومت پاکستان میں تردید کردی کسی پاکستانی وفد نے اسرائیل کا دورا نہیں کیا۔وزارت خارجہ
اسرائیل کا دورا کرنے والے وفد میں کون کون شامل تھا تفصیلات لنک میں۔
کروکر مچلی گوادر میں لوگوں کی زندگیاں بدل رہی ہے ایک مچھلی ایک کروڑ روپے کی
Police have recovered 2 mobile phones and a laptop from Reddy which contained several important pieces of evidence. It contains photographs & detailed information about missile manufacturing which the accused shared with the woman. Investigators also found voice clips of the alleged spy in Hindi and English from Reddy phone.
Since the engineer also claimed that woman had asked for bank account details but didn't transfer the money police are now trying to trace Reddy account.
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