Updated 26 June 2025 at 14:16 IST
New Delhi: Vishal Yadav, an Upper Division Clerk at the Navy Office was arrested by the intelligence wing of Rajasthan Police on charges of espionage on Wednesday, June 25. Allegedly, he leaked classified information to a Pakistani ISI handler during sensitive operations including the recent Operation Sindoor. Yadav was allegedly honey-trapped by a female ISI operative who lured him into sharing sensitive military information. The investigation revealed chats and files being exchanged between the two, which date back months.
Vishnukant Gupta, the Inspector-General of Rajasthan CID disclosed that Vishal had been under surveillance for months due to suspicious online behavior. He was in constant contact with a woman named “Priya Sharma”, an ISI handler pretending to be an Indian National on social media. Investigators believe that she lured Vishal with cryptocurrency payments in exchange for highly classified information. Vishal was arrested under the Official Secrets Act 1923 on Wednesday.
Vishal worked in the Directorate of Dockyard at Naval Bhawan as a civilian employee. His mobile phone was confiscated for forensic analysis, revealed shocking evidence of espionage, including chats, encrypted files, and details of cryptocurrency transactions.
Multiple intelligence agencies are now collaborating to conduct a joint interrogation of Yadav at the Central Interrogation Center in Jaipur, aiming to uncover the full extent of the leak and whether there’s a larger spy network at play.
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Published 26 June 2025 at 12:06 IST