<p>In a top-secret operation, the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra police arrested a person in Nashik for passing information about fighter aircraft to Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), a Pakistani intelligence agency.</p>.<p>The accused is an employee of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in Nashik district.<br /></p>.<p>"Sustained interrogation has revealed that the accused was passing on sensitive information about aircraft and its confidential details," ATS officials said.</p>.<p>The man works with the aircraft manufacturing division at Ozar. </p>.<p>An offence under sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 has been registered against the accused and three mobile handsets with five SIM cards and two memory cards have been seized from his possession. </p>.<p>The same is being sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination. He has been remanded to police custody for ten days.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a HAL spokesperson said: "As the investigation is on we have no comments to offer."</p>.<p>The HAL Aircraft Manufacturing Division is nearly 200 km away from Mumbai. It manufactures MiG variants MiG-21 M, MiG21 BIS, MiG 27 M and Su-30 MKI. Its facility is the mainstay for Russian-origin aircraft in terms of life extension, modifications, site repairs and investigations. It also exports MiG spares to Egypt, Syria, Vietnam, Malaysia, Algeria, Poland and Russia.</p>
<p>In a top-secret operation, the Anti-Terrorism Squad of Maharashtra police arrested a person in Nashik for passing information about fighter aircraft to Pakistani spy agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), a Pakistani intelligence agency.</p>.<p>The accused is an employee of the Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) in Nashik district.<br /></p>.<p>"Sustained interrogation has revealed that the accused was passing on sensitive information about aircraft and its confidential details," ATS officials said.</p>.<p>The man works with the aircraft manufacturing division at Ozar. </p>.<p>An offence under sections 3, 4 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, 1923 has been registered against the accused and three mobile handsets with five SIM cards and two memory cards have been seized from his possession. </p>.<p>The same is being sent to the Forensic Science Laboratory for examination. He has been remanded to police custody for ten days.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a HAL spokesperson said: "As the investigation is on we have no comments to offer."</p>.<p>The HAL Aircraft Manufacturing Division is nearly 200 km away from Mumbai. It manufactures MiG variants MiG-21 M, MiG21 BIS, MiG 27 M and Su-30 MKI. Its facility is the mainstay for Russian-origin aircraft in terms of life extension, modifications, site repairs and investigations. It also exports MiG spares to Egypt, Syria, Vietnam, Malaysia, Algeria, Poland and Russia.</p>
