DRDO espionage case: Odisha Police find Pakistan link
October 6 DRDO espionage case DRDO espionage case moved further and Odisha Police said, four facebook accounts of the suspected female operative were from Pakistan. Out of the four accounts, three were operated from Islamabad and one was from Rawalpindi, informed Crime Branch ADG Sanjeev Panda. The woman is suspected to be the 'handler' of the spy ring. However, it is yet to be confirmed so far whether the mysterious woman belongs to Pakistan or not, ADG said. Some of the Facebook accounts still remain active and further chats are being noticed by the crime branch. The crime branch has collected some chats between the accused and the suspected woman operative and some of chats were deleted, ADG said. As said by ADG, Crime branch has sought the technical data from different agencies. If required, we may take the five accused on remand for further interrogation'. The Odisha police on September 14 had arrested five former contractual employees of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) unit at Chandipur on charges of sharing defence information with unknown foreign agents.   Read the full article
