DRDO scientist honey trap case: ATS submits chargesheet, Kurulkar refuses polygraph test
The chargesheet mentions how Kurulkar passed on sensitive information to Pakistani agent operating in the name of Zara Dasgupta
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The chargesheet mentions how Kurulkar passed on sensitive information to Pakistani agent operating in the name of Zara Dasgupta
A Pune court has adjourned the hearing of arrested DRDO scientist Dr Pradeep Kurulkar until June 30. Maharashtra ATS has made a Pakistani agent a co-accused in the espionage case and has requested permission to conduct a psychoanalysis test on the defence scientist. Dr Kurulkar was arrested on May 3 on charges of leaking confidential information to a woman Pakistani intelligence operative.
Many cases of fraudsters, posing as Army and defence personnel, are being investigated by the police jurisdictions in Pune, Ahmednagar, and Nashik over the last few years, following inputs from the MI. Many posing as Army officers or personnel, posting photos in Army uniforms online have been arrested in such cases.
Officials are now probing if the impersonator was trying to gain access to any sensitive establishments or was involved in cheating people using the fake identity on the pretext of providing them jobs .
In another move reminiscent of vote bank politics, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde Wednesday said that the name of Ahmednagar district shall be changed to "Ahilyadevi Holkar Nagar".