The Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) employee was arrested by the Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad today. He was alleged of supplying secret information of fighter aircraft to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. "The Nasik unit of the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) received reliable intelligence about the man, who was in constant touch with ISI. The man, identified as Deepak Shirsath, was supplying confidential information about Indian fighter aircraft and their manufacturing unit to the Pakistani spy agency through WhatsApp and social media," DCP Vinay Rathod said.
“Information related to the HAL aircraft manufacturing unit at Ozar near Nasik, the airbase and prohibited areas inside the manufacturing unit were also shared by him”, the official said. He was working as assistant supervisor in the unit. An offence under the Official Secrets Act has been registered against the 41-year-old supervisor. About the property seized, three mobile handsets along with five SIM cards and two memory cards have been seized from him. HAL's Aircraft Division Nasik is located at Ojhar, 24 km from Nashik and around 200 km from Mumbai.
It was established in 1964 for license manufacture of MiG-21FL aircraft and K-13 missiles; it has also manufactured other MiG variants like MiG-21M, MiG-21 BIS, MiG-27 M and the state-of-the-art Su-30 MKI fighter jet. The division is also involved in the overhaul of the MiG series aircraft and Repair and Overhaul (ROH) of Su-30 MKI aircraft.
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