After one of its senior scientists, Pradeep Kurulkar, was arrested for allegedly leaking sensitive information to enemy spies, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has issued a strong advisory to its personnel asking them not to take calls from unknown numbers and to a
While demanding further custody of the accused DRDO scientist Dr Pradeep Kurulkar, the prosecution informed the court that the scientist had met some women at the DRDO guest house for which the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra has sought the registered entries from the guest house,
Senior scientist Pradeep Kurulkar of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) who was arrested for allegedly sharing confidential information with a Pakistani intelligence agent was in contact with her since 2022, according to sources from the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Sq
The scientist was earlier arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) for leaking sensitive information through apps to foreign agents who had honey trapped him.
"Last night we received input from the Intelligence Agency that the suspect in the Kerala case is likely to be in Ratnagiri. Based on the information, we took out a joint operation with Ratnagiri police to trace the accused," the officer said.
"The suspected accused has been taken into custody. He will be brought back to Kerala. After a detailed interrogation of the accused, we will be able to know more details", Kerala DGP on Kozhikode train fire case
"The person who committed this heinous crime has been apprehended in Ratnagiri of Maharashtra. I thank the Maharashtra government, their police and RPF and the NIA who have apprehended him this quickly," Vaishnaw told ANI outside Parliament here today.
The accused, identified as Shahrukh Saifi was nabbed from Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district on Tuesday night based on a sketch released by the Kerala Police.
According to the prosecution, the witness is a relative of the absconding accused and has refused in court today that had given any statement to the police.