NEW DELHI: The Indian Air Drive (IAF) had its personal intelligence equipment watching a serving Wing Commander for months before he was arrested for allegedly passing sensitive defence information to a Pakistani intelligence operative, the drive stated on Saturday, revealing that the officer was detected internally earlier than the case was handed over to the Delhi Police.
The disclosure got here because the Delhi Police confirmed that it had filed a chargesheet in opposition to the officer on July 30, precisely two months after his arrest on Could 30.
“He was underneath energetic surveillance and was handed over to the appropriate regulation enforcement companies,” the IAF spokesperson primarily based within the nationwide capital stated.
The Delhi Police stated the officer was arrested following a criticism from the Air Drive over allegations that he had been honey-trapped by a Pakistani intelligence operative.
“Put up investigation, a cost sheet has been submitted earlier than the competent courtroom on 30/07/2026 and the matter is sub-judice,” it stated in a press release.
It’s learnt that the accused officer was posted at a discipline air base underneath the IAF’s Western Air Command and never the nationwide capital. The command, headquartered in New Delhi, oversees air operations alongside the western entrance and covers bases in Punjab, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, western Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan.
Sources within the know instructed TNIE that IAF’s air intelligence equipment first developed suspicions in regards to the officer a number of months earlier than his arrest and subsequently positioned him underneath surveillance.
“He was internally detained and his digital units examined as a part of the Air Drive’s inquiry. His communications with the alleged operative had been additionally scrutinised earlier than the case was transferred to the Delhi Police Particular Cell,” a supply stated.
The officer was later booked underneath the Official Secrets and techniques Act (OSA) and is lodged in Tihar Jail.
