Navy HQ staffer arrested over espionage for Pak's ISI, shared confidential info during Op Sindoor

His cellphone data revealed that Vishal Yadav had supplied confidential information related to the Navy and other defense units to a woman who was his Pakistani handler in exchange for money.

Yadav, a clerk at the naval headquarters and a resident of Haryana, has been doing this for years, and even during Operation Sindoor. The Intelligence Wing of the Rajasthan Police arrested him.

A senior police officer, Vishnukant Gupta, told the media that the CID Intelligence unit of Rajasthan was constantly monitoring the espionage activities carried out by Pakistani intelligence agencies.

During surveillance, they zeroed in on Yadav, who was in constant contact with a female handler of ISI through social media.

This woman, who calls herself Priya Sharma, was paying him money to extract confidential information of strategic importance, the officer said.

Preliminary probe has revealed that Vishal Yadav was addicted to playing online games and needed money to cover his losses.

He was receiving money via cryptocurrency trading account and also directly in his bank accounts, the officer said.

Vishal Yadav is being jointly interrogated by various intelligence agencies at the Central Interrogation Center in Jaipur.

Security agencies are trying to find out if anyone else is also involved in this racket and how much sensitive information has been leaked.