Spying for Pakistani intelligence agency, engineer of defense establishment arrested

Mumbai – At a time when a case of spying on YouTuber Jyoti Malhotra for Pakistan is going on, a young engineer from Thane, who works in the defense technology firm, has also been arrested for espionating for Pakistan. This action was taken by a team of Anti -Terrorism Squad (ATS) of Maharashtra Police. He was trapped in a honey trap on Facebook. It provided sensitive information about restricted areas to Pakistani intelligence agencies through Facebook and WhatsApp. The accused was produced in the court and has been taken on remand till Monday.

A senior official said that 27 -year -old Mechanical Engineer Ravindra Muralidhar Verma of Kalwa area of ​​Thane works in an important institute in Mumbai. A Pakistani agent befriended her on Facebook, calling himself a woman. He was trapped in a honey trap. They are suspected of sharing some sensitive information with Pakistani intelligence agents between November 2024 and March 2025.

Ravi Verma works as a junior engineer in a defense technology firm. As an employee of this company, he was allowed to enter the Naval Dockyard in South Mumbai. He also worked on naval ships.

On the basis of intelligence information, the accused and two others were arrested by the officials of the Thane unit of the Anti -Terrorism Squad. However, the other two were released after questioning. A case has been registered against the accused under various sections of the Government Security Act and the Indian Penal Code.

The ATS has seized Ravindra Verma’s mobile and other equipment. Efforts are being made to verify what information he sent to Pakistani agents through these equipment.