Sunday, November 05, 2006
Captain Salam Singh Rathore arrested for spying
He was a former captain of Indian Navy. He was arrested under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and other relevant sections of the act. The war room leak which involved the pilferage of sensitive documents that were allegedly handed over to arms dealers.
He had last served in the naval base at Vishakhapatnam before seeking retirement, which was approved last year. Rathore is currently working as a senior executive in Virat Consultants and Traders Limited, a company that deals in the sale and purchase of defence equipment
The CBI has also issued an Interpol Red Corner notice against Ravi Shankaran, kin of former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash, and confiscated his property. Shankaran is believed to be in Britain.
Indeed, the CBI's probe into the Navy War Room leak has brought to light the sorry state of security in the Defence Ministry, with the agency claiming that those involved in the matter had gained access to the top-secret 10th plan of the three services. In its 28-page chargesheet filed in a court here against Delhi-based businessman Abishek Verma, the son of former Congress MPs Shrikant and Veena Verma, the CBI claimed it had recovered documents regarding the minutes of a meeting held in 2004, at which the 10th plan for the Army, Navy and Air Force was discussed. The minutes of the meeting to discuss the plan were recovered from a jet flash pen drive allegedly recovered from former Naval Commander Vijender Rana. The chargesheet, accompanied by 62 documents comprising 369 pages, also alleges that Verma was a "front man" for Thales Communication company, said to have headquarters at 66, Rue Du Fosse Blanc 92231 Gennevilliers France, which has been negotiating with the Indian Air Force for supply of aerostat balloon Defence systems that are used at the border and fixed with spy cameras with a range of 10-15 kilometers.
He had last served in the naval base at Vishakhapatnam before seeking retirement, which was approved last year. Rathore is currently working as a senior executive in Virat Consultants and Traders Limited, a company that deals in the sale and purchase of defence equipment
The CBI has also issued an Interpol Red Corner notice against Ravi Shankaran, kin of former navy chief Admiral Arun Prakash, and confiscated his property. Shankaran is believed to be in Britain.
Indeed, the CBI's probe into the Navy War Room leak has brought to light the sorry state of security in the Defence Ministry, with the agency claiming that those involved in the matter had gained access to the top-secret 10th plan of the three services. In its 28-page chargesheet filed in a court here against Delhi-based businessman Abishek Verma, the son of former Congress MPs Shrikant and Veena Verma, the CBI claimed it had recovered documents regarding the minutes of a meeting held in 2004, at which the 10th plan for the Army, Navy and Air Force was discussed. The minutes of the meeting to discuss the plan were recovered from a jet flash pen drive allegedly recovered from former Naval Commander Vijender Rana. The chargesheet, accompanied by 62 documents comprising 369 pages, also alleges that Verma was a "front man" for Thales Communication company, said to have headquarters at 66, Rue Du Fosse Blanc 92231 Gennevilliers France, which has been negotiating with the Indian Air Force for supply of aerostat balloon Defence systems that are used at the border and fixed with spy cameras with a range of 10-15 kilometers.
# posted by uv : 4:47 AM
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