Contract worker of Finance Ministry arrested in Espionage case from Ghaziabad
14 Jul 2023 11:57:04
The Ghaziabad police apprehended a contract worker employed by the Union Ministry of Finance in an espionage case on Tuesday for exchanging sensitive information with a number. Naveen Pal, the arrested contract employee, has been recognised.
"The Ghaziabad police arrested a man named Naveen Pal from the Crossings Republik on the advice of the Central Agency (IB)."
The accused is a contract worker in the Union Ministry of Finance who performs many tasks. Suspicious texts were received from his phone number to another phone number with the name Anjali Kolkata.
He exchanged sensitive data with this number and received money online in exchange. "The accused is 27 years old," said Ghaziabad DCP Shubham Patel. The accused's secret documents and mobile phone were also discovered, according to the DCP. "The accused's confidential documents have been recovered."
Aside from that, the phone has been retrieved. DCP Patel stated, "A total of 61 work documents have been recovered." According to the police, further investigation is underway.