Security around the Defence establishments in Chennai and Telangana has been bolstered on the eve of Independence Day in view of the revelation that an Army man had passed on crucial information to Pakistan about these establishments as well as the movement of the Army personnel.
In view of the disclosures that Poddar had provided information about the movement of the Army personnel to different locations in the country, the Defence authorities have made major changes in their schedule. They have also changed the location of key Defence units by sending them to other places from their present positions.
Apart from questioning Poddar, who hails from West Bengal, Hyderabad police had also focused its attention on Anushka Agarwal. The police found that her Facebook account was opened from Jaipur in Rajasthan. Police believe that even she could have been used by the ISI officials in Pakistan to gather the crucial information and defence secrets.
“It is not yet clear whether Anushka is an Indian or a Pakistani”, Hyderabad police commissioner Mahinder Reddy said.According to the police sources, Anushka Agarwal, the girl who had trapped the Army man, had asked Poddar for photographs and other details of the workshops in Hyderabad where Missiles and other Defence systems were being developed.However, it was not clear whether he was able to send them. He revealed that he had sent the details of 40 officers of key departments and 12 Brigadiers in different parts of the country. Anushka had promised Poddar to take him to london if he provides the crucial information about Indian Army, sources said.
He also passed on the information about the deployments on Western borders over phone, sources said. The police was keeping the Army higher ups informed about the progress in the investigations. Many other security and intelligence agencies have also joined the probe in view of the grim implications of Poddar’s activities.