zA Group Captain of the Indian Air Force (IAF), posted in Delhi, has been taken into custody by the force for his alleged involvement in spying and passing on confidential Defence information to a woman friend, official sources said on Wednesday.
The officer in question got in contact with a woman via Facebook. With an aim to honey-trap the Group Captain, the woman engaged him on the social media platforms.
later, the IAF officer started passing on sensitive Defence information to the woman via WhatsApp. The “unwanted” activities were discovered by the IAF during routine counter-intelligence surveillance, the sources said.
The officer was taken into custody a couple of days ago and currently a team of the IAF’s central security and investigation is questioning him. The IAF officially did not comment on the matter. The identity of the officer has been kept secret as investigation into the case is going on, the sources said on Wednesday.
The investigators are also examining whether the officer has passed on any sensitive information to anyone else.