Quoted from IndiaToday: https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...do-drones-military-secrets-2537370-2024-05-10
Pakistani spy posed as IBM employee, got Gujarat man to leak military drone data
According to the Gujarat CID, Pravin Mishra fell victim to a "honey trap" orchestrated by an ISI operative posing as a woman named Sonal Garg who claimed to work for IBM Chandigarh.
Gujarat CID said the accused shared details on drones manufactured by the DRDO with the ISI operative.
In Short
- Gujarat man arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan's ISI
- Fell victim to a 'honey trap' by an ISI operative posing as a woman
- Information on DRDO-manufactured drones among shared details
According to the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Mishra fell victim to a "honey trap" orchestrated by an ISI operative posing as a woman named Sonal Garg who claimed to work for IBM Chandigarh.
The Pakistani operative used an Indian WhatsApp number and the fake Facebook ID of Sonal Garg to target and trap Mishra.
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"She honey-trapped one Pravin Mishra, who worked in Hyderabad in an organisation which in turn worked with DRDO," said CID ADGP Rajkumar Pandian.
"She got Pravin Mishra to extract India's defence-related information... Pravin Mishra shared some vital information," he added.
Pandian said the information included details on drones manufactured by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The ISI operative also reportedly attempted to install malware on Mishra's office server.
"It was found that the information was being sent to an intelligence agency located in Pakistan," the CID said.
The investigation began after a tip-off from Military Intelligence in Udhampur, which alerted authorities about attempts to target current or retired personnel of the Armed Forces, DRDO, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), and those involved in missile system development.
A case has been registered against Mishra, the Pakistani operative using the fake identity "Sonal Garg," and any Indian officials who may have been involved in the conspiracy.
Further investigation is ongoing.
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Indian Politics Xitter has had an absolute meltdown about this since the guy who fell for this was a Brahmin. Caste seething has consumed everyone for the past few days now. More seethe than usual that is. Allegedy "Pravin Mishra has shared information on drones manufactured by the DRDO to ISI, many other people working for defence establishments were also targeted. The ISI handler even tried to install malware in Pravin Mishra's office server."
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r/Indiandefense reacts calmly. lol.
"In Japan, if you are a customer facing executive, when you begin your workday/shift, you check yourself in a mirror with a camera that gauges your smile and on crossing a threshold, you will be allowed to begin your work.
For our indians working on sensitive defense related work, they need to face a mirror that says, 'You are fking ugly and no woman finds you attractive - if any does and shows interest in you, know that it is a pot bellied hairy Pakistani trying to screw you'.
And repeat the following words, 'I am an intelligent, well educated Indian and I won't be taken for a ride by any woman, however cute or persistent she might be'."
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This self-loathing would be heavily called out in these nationalist subs so to see this be prevalent is hilarious. Even Indians themselves can't kick the stereotype. On Xitter, this is blowing up for a different reason. The man's name is Pravin Mishra who is most likely an Upper Caste Brahmin . So the leftoids and libs are pulling a trick from the rightoid playbook. Pointing out the (((Brahmin))) question.
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His NAME is Pravin Mishra. The Indian media is finding it very difficult to mention his name in the headlines.
His name is Pravin Mishra
Name of the man - Pravin Mishra Place - Gujarat. Bajao Thali.
Not new—a long history of Santunni traitors exists.
Apparently Indian men getting honey-trapped has been a serious epsonage hazard for years. To the point people have floated the idea of government mandated prostitution to control their coomer civil servants to where they wouldn't be tempted by foreign agencies.
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This article has a collection of these incidents from the past decade or so https://scroll.in/article/1052396/p...and-soldiers-by-pretending-to-be-women-online
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"On May 3, Maharashtra's anti-terrorism squad arrested scientist Kurulkar, the head of Defence Research and Development Organisation's Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) laboratory, for allegedly sharing sensitive information with a woman who identified herself as Zara Dasgupta – an alleged Pakistani intelligence agent.
Kurulkar, who was attracted to the woman, shared information about sensitive defence projects in exchange of nude pictures and sexting, the chargesheet alleged."
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"In February, Baburam Dey, a senior technical officer at the DRDO's Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha was arrested for allegedly leaking secrets about India's missile tests to a Pakistani spy. The purported woman, with whom Dey was in conversation for over a year, had reportedly introduced herself as a poor science student from Uttar Pradesh who was interested in higher education and research."
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"In June 2022, Hyderabad Police arrested Dukka Mallikarjuna Reddy, a contractual employee at DRDO's Defence Research & Development Laboratory, for allegedly sharing sensitive information with a suspected agent of Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence. Reddy had allegedly shared the information with an agent through social media. A Facebook account named Natasha Rao had befriended Reddy in March 2020, claiming that she worked at a United Kingdom-based Defence Journal and that her father previously worked in the Indian Air Force. The purported woman reportedly agreed to marry Reddy and they were in contact until December 2021, when the profile changed its name to Simran Chopra and stopped communicating with him."
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"Similarly, Maharashtra Police arrested Deepak Shirsat, an assistant supervisor at Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, in October 2020 for allegedly leaking details of Indian fighter jets and the company's manufacturing unit to Pakistan. Shirsat was allegedly honey trapped by a Pakistani national who texted with him on social media posing as a woman, police said. Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, a government defence company, designs and manufactures some of the Indian Air Force's aircraft.
In October 2018, Nishant Aggarwal, an engineer employed with BrahMos Aerospace was arrested by Uttar Pradesh's anti-terrorism squad and military intelligence for alleged espionage. “Extremely sensitive documents” were reportedly recovered from him. BrahMos Aerospace, a joint venture between India and Russian missile developer NPO Mashinostroyeniya, manufactures BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
The prosecution has alleged that Aggarwal was honey trapped. During the investigation, the anti-terrorism squad came across Facebook accounts with names Neha Sharma and Pooja Ranjan – suspected to be operated by Pakistani intelligence agents – that were in touch with Aggarwal."
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"In July 2022, Indian Army soldier Shantimay Rana was arrested for allegedly leaking military information to Pakistan after being honey trapped by Pakistani agents posing as women through social media accounts with the names Gurnaur Kaur, alias Ankita, and Nisha."
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"This came two months after another soldier Pradeep Kumar Prajapat, deployed at “an extra-sensitive regiment”, was arrested by Rajasthan Police on similar grounds. The agent, claiming to be a woman from Madhya Pradesh, talked to him through social media and video calls. Prajapat shared the information after the woman promised to marry him, police said."
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"During the same month, the Delhi Police had arrested Indian Air Force sergeant Devendra Sharma for allegedly leaking information about defence installations to a Pakistani agent posing as a woman by deceitfully getting the information from computers. The Indian Express reported quoting unidentified Delhi Police officials as alleging that they suspect Sharma was honey-trapped by the agent on Facebook, and may have also received money in exchange."
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"In February 2020, 13 Indian Navy personnel from several naval bases were arrested after they allegedly shared sensitive information through social media after being honey trapped by Pakistani operatives."
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In December 2015, KK Ranjeet, a junior Indian Air Force personnel, was arrested for allegedly sharing secret documents about the organisation's operations with Pakistani intelligence operatives. Ranjeet was deceived by a fake social media profile named Damini McNaught which portrayed her as working at a United Kingdom-based media firm.
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This one caused quite a bit of stir back then because most if not all of them were upper caste Hindu and several of them Brahmin which caused some arguments WOKE on the Brahmin Question on /r/India.
I don't know how this was not a bigger national discussion. Almost a dozen Navy officers were arrested for spying for Pakistan recently under Operation Dolphin’s Nose
https://www.india.com/news/india/op...ls-were-spying-for-pakistan-arrested-3884727/
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/sto...onage-case-linked-pakistan-1633884-2020-01-04
https://www.dailypioneer.com/2020/india/11-navy-personnel-arrested-till-now.html
