The Ministry of Finance’s espionage network was uncovered, according to the Delhi Police Crime Branch, which also announced the arrest of a man for allegedly leaking information on the ministry’s operations.
The accused, Sumit, works as a data entry operator under contract for the MoF.
According to senior police officials, Sumit allegedly revealed confidential information to his friends for almost a year. “We discovered Sumit engaged in espionage activities. He has been connected to the government for one to two years, and his position before was that of an entry-level data operator.
Later, he developed relationships and was successful in leaking information to his friends. According to our information, the colleagues are all based abroad and requested the classified material and information on spending in particular departments and groups. These friends offered Sumit money, who was using his phone to disseminate all the confidential information, the senior police officer in the Crime Branch said.
At the Crime Branch on Tuesday, a case was opened under Sections 3 (penalties for spying) and 9 (attempts and incitements) of the Officials Secret Act, and Sumit was taken into custody.
“We received secret inputs that an employee was leaking classified information for money. The lead was developed and Sumit was identified and arrested. A mobile phone, which had documents shared with the associates, was recovered from his possession. We are trying to identify all the associates,” said an officer.
