Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, May 17: In an espionage investigation under the Official Secrets Act for the unauthorised gathering of sensitive information, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detained freelance journalist Vivek Raghuvanshi and a former Navy officer, according to officials on Wednesday.
According to officials, Vivek Raghuvanshi, a freelance journalist, was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday for allegedly gathering sensitive information about the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) and the army and sharing it with foreign intelligence agencies.
Raghuvanshi is also accused by the CBI of gathering “sensitive” and “minute” information about DRDO and army projects.
“The CBI had registered a case on December 9 last year against Raghuvanshi on the allegations that he was involved in the illegal collection of sensitive information including the minute details of the DRDO defence projects and their progress, sensitive details about the future procurement of Indian armed forces which reveal the strategic preparedness of country’s classified communications and information relating to national security, details of the strategic and diplomatic talks of India with our friendly countries and sharing such classified information with intelligence agencies of foreign countries,” the agency said in a statement.
