IAF sergeant held for espionage in Delhi

A police officer identified the arrested man as Devendra Sharma and said he allegedly leaked “secret and sensitive documents” related to the IAF after being “honey-trapped” through social media

New Delhi: The Delhi Police have arrested an Indian Air Force (IAF) sergeant on charges of espionage, an officer aware of the matter said on Thursday.

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The officer identified the arrested man as Devendra Sharma and said he allegedly leaked “secret and sensitive documents” related to the IAF after being “honey-trapped” through social media. He added that Pakistan’s spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is suspected to be linked to the matter.

The officer said that Sharma served in IAF’s records section. “We arrested him three days ago [Monday] after collecting sufficient evidence against him. He was approached and trapped through social media and was leaking secret and sensitive information for nearly a year,” the officer added.