Last Updated: November 07, 2023, 04:02 IST
(*2*)In return for illicit funds, Panda was discovered transmitting extremely confidential info regarding Indian Navy warships and submarines.
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Investigations revealed that Manmohan Surendra Panda was sharing labeled info associated to the Indian Navy with a suspected Pakistani intelligence operative, recognized as Harsh, together with unidentified people
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has filed a supplementary cost sheet in the NIA Special Court, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh in the case involving a prison conspiracy hatched by accused Manmohan Surendra Panda and different Pakistani intelligence operatives, geared toward finishing up espionage-related actions.
The accused has been recognized as Manmohan Surendra Panda [son of Surendra Panda, resident of Building no.- A Room No. 9, N.C.H. Colony, Kanjurmarg (West), near LBS Road, opposite Bikaner Bakery, Powai, PS. Park Site, Mumbai, Maharashtra]. He has been formally charged below sections 201, 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, part 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, and part 3 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923.
Initially registered on the PS Counter Intelligence Cell, Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, this case was later re-registered by the NIA on May 5, 2023.
Investigations revealed that Manmohan Surendra Panda was sharing labeled info associated to the Indian Navy with a suspected Pakistani intelligence operative, recognized as Harsh, together with unidentified people.
It has additionally come to gentle that Manmohan Surendra Panda was receiving financial compensation from different suspected Pakistani operatives, Meer Balaj Khan, Alven, and a number of other unknown people, by crypto channels.
In return for these illicit funds, Panda was discovered transmitting extremely confidential info regarding Indian Navy warships and submarines.
Investigations in the case stay in progress.
