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He is alleged to have earned a total of Rs 28,800 through UPI transactions. (Representative photo/Reuters)
Accused Nilesh Paliya passed the 12th rank and has been working as a doctor in the Electricity Department Office of the Central Public Works Department at the headquarters of Banque Saudi Fransi in Bhuj for the past five years
Officials said Saturday that a contract employee working for the Border Security Force (BSF) in Bhuj in Gujarat has been arrested for sharing sensitive information with a female agent of the Pakistani intelligence service. They said an employee of the Electricity Department office of the Central Public Works Department at the headquarters of Banque Saudi Fransi in Bhuj for the past five years.
A senior official said the state anti-terrorism squad that arrested him on Friday would take him to court and request his detention. Superintendent of Police, ATS Sunil Joshi said electrical works in buildings under construction and existing buildings as well as some documents related to civil departments are with them.
The woman contacted the accused via WhatsApp. Joshi told reporters that she ‘surrounded him on honey’ and persuaded him to share sensitive information in exchange for money. The agent introduced herself as ‘Aditi Tiwari’ and claimed to work for a private company. She told Palia that she needed the information about her job and he would be paid for it. As part of the “love affair,” the accused, who told the woman he was a computer operator, exchanged sensitive information with her while accepting money for it, he said.
He is alleged to have earned a total of Rs 28,800 through UPI transactions. The official said ATS would analyze his phone and bank accounts and check who else he was in contact with. After receiving a tip-off about his activities, ATS kept him under surveillance and analyzed his phone and bank records before contacting him. him in for questioning.
Balia has been booked under Indian Penal Code Sections 121-A (conspiracy to commit punishable offenses under Section 121 relating to waging war against the Government of India), 123 (concealment with intent to facilitate waging war) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) along with the Official Secrets Act .
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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