New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested three officials of the Indian Navy, including a serving Commander-rank officer, for allegedly leaking sensitive information related to a submarine modernisation project.
In details of the CBI operation, it has emerged that a serving Navy officer was leaking information to two retired officers, which included a Commodore-rank officer.
The CBI launched the operation after getting tip-offs from the intelligence agencies who were monitoring the activities of the serving and retired officers for some time. Media sources said that the serving officer is posted in Mumbai and was arrested from there. However, the information leaks happened in Delhi.
The Indian Navy has also ordered an investigation into the case under a Vice Admiral to know if more such leaks took place and how they can be plugged.
The Russian-origin submarines have been going under a refit in both India and abroad and have been the mainstay of the Indian Navy. A number of cases of leak of sensitive information have been taking place in recent times involving defence personnel.
The Navy officers arrested in this case could be the senior-most among those arrested in connection with other leakage of information cases.
Top government sources told ANI that after the developments took place last month, the Indian Navy also ordered a high-level probe under a Vice Admiral and a Rear Admiral to probe the leakage of information and look for ways to prevent any such incident in the future.
After getting inputs from agencies concerned, the CBI arrested a serving Navy officer of the rank of Commander (Lt Col equivalent in Army) who is currently posted in Mumbai for passing on unauthorised information related to the Kilo-class submarine modernisation project to retired officers,” said sources.
The CBI has been questioning a number of other serving officers who were in touch with the arrested officers, they said.
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