As per Police statement, the man was supplying secret information about Indian fighter aircraft and their manufacturing unit to ISI. "The Nashik unit of the state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) had received reliable intelligence about the man, who was in constant touch with ISI," the statement said.
The accused was supplying secret information about Indian fighter aircraft and their sensitive details along with the information related to HAL's aircraft manufacturing unit at Ojhar near Nashik. airbase and prohibited area inside the manufacturing unit, the Police said.
Officials of ATS arrested the man from his house in Nashik. He has been booked under the Official Secrets Act. Three mobile handsets along with five SIM cards and two memory cards have been seized from the 41-year-old accused.
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The phones and SIM cards were sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination, Police said adding that he was produced before court on Friday, and has been remanded in ATS custody for 10 days.
HAL's Aircraft Division Nashik is located at Ojhar, 24 km from Nashik and around 200 km from Mumbai.
Established in 1964 for licence manufacture of MiG-21FL aircraft and K-13 missiles, the division has also manufactured other MiG variants including MiG-21M, MiG-21 BIS, MiG-27 M and the state-of-the-art Su-30 MKI fighter jet.
It also carries out overhaul of the MiG series aircraft and Repair and Overhaul (ROH) of Su-30 MKI aircraft.