Indian Air Force officer arrested for spying for Pakistan

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ISLAMABAD: Indian Air Force (IAF) officer, Group Captain Arun Marwah, has been arrested on suspicion of spying for Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), according to a news agency report.
Marwah, who was posted at the IAF’s Delhi headquarters, was arrested on Feb. 9 by police in Delhi. He had previously been questioned for nearly 10 days by the IAF’s counter-intelligence wing, the Press Trust of India (PTI) quoted a senior police official as saying.
According to the news agency report, Marwah is currently being questioned by Delhi Police’s Special Cell northern range after the court allowed police to keep Marwah in custody for five days for further questioning.
It was further reported by the news agency that Marwah is accused of leaking classified information through WhatsApp to a woman — allegedly an ISI operative — after befriending her on Facebook last December.
The complaint filed by the IAF stated that Marwah was caught by the counter-intelligence wing with a banned high-end phone at the headquarters. The counter-intelligence wing is also looking into whether Marwah was part of a larger spy ring.
If it is found that Marwah broke the Official Secrets Act, he could be jailed for up to seven years.