Scientist Pradeep and Pak spy were in contact through WhatsApp…
DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar got attracted to Pakistani Intelligence.
They used the alias 'Zara Dasgupta', and chatted with her about Indian missile systems, the chargesheet has said.
The Anti-Terrorism Squad of the Maharashtra police filed the chargesheet against Kurulkar.
He was the director of one of the labs of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) in Pune, in a court case last week.
He was arrested for espionage on May 3 under the Official Secrets Act and is now in judicial custody.
Pradeep Kurulkar and 'Zara Dasgupta' were in contact via social media (WhatsApp) as well as voice and video calls, the charge sheet said.
'Dasgupta' claimed to be a software engineer based in the UK and befriended him by sending obscene messages and videos.
During the investigation, her IP address was traced to Pakistan, the ATS said in the chargesheet.
The Pakistani agent received sensitive information regarding the Brahmos Launcher, Drone, UCV, Agni Missile Launcher, and Military Bridging System, among other things, it said.
"Kurulkar was attracted to her and stored the sensitive information of DRDO on his personal phone and then shared it with her," the chargesheet said.
He chatted with her about various confidential projects, including surface-to-air missiles (SAM), drones, Brahmos and Agni Missile Launchers, and UCV, it said.
Both were in contact from June 2022 to December 2022.
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