DRDO’s guest house manager, Mahendra Prasad, who was previously detained on suspicion of spying for Pakistan, was arrested by Rajasthan police on substantial evidence. He was detained following intelligence inputs against him on August 4. After a joint interrogation in Jaipur, he was placed under arrest.
The accused was produced before a court in Jaipur and was sent to a two-day police remand. Prasad is a resident of Almora, Uttarakhand, and was posted as the manager of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)’s guest house in Chandan area of Jaisalmer.
Investigating officer Vinod Meena said that the accused had shared information related to missile testing and the movement of scientists with a Pakistani handler through social media. The accused had access to details regarding the visit of Indian scientists and DRDO officers to the firing range for various technical operations, including missile trials.
"Information about which scientists were coming and what kind of work they were doing was being shared by Mahendra with a Pakistani handler," he said, and added, “During interrogation, it was revealed that Mahendra had been in contact with Pakistani intelligence operatives via social media platforms for a long time. He had been passing on information about missile trials and DRDO activities to them."
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