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A engineer with the BrahMos Aerospace unit near Nagpur in Maharashtra was arrested on Monday for allegedly leaking "technical information" to Pakistan, an official said.
Nishant Agrawal was nabbed in a joint operation by the Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squads (ATS) at BrahMos' Wardha Road facility, an ATS official said.
The engineer was living in a rented accommodation on Wardha Road since the last year, his landlord Manohar Kale said.
Kale said police team arrived at the building at 5.30 am and was there till 5 pm.
"Very sensitive info was found on his personal computer. We also found evidence of him chatting on Facebook with Pakistan based IDs," Aseem Arun, IG UP ATS told ANI.
BrahMos Aerospace was formed as a joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the 'Military Industrial Consortium' 'NPO Mashinostroyenia' of Russia.
The company was established in India through an inter-governmental agreement signed on February 12, 1998, between India and Russia. The name BrahMos represents the fury of the Brahmaputra and the grace of the Moskva rivers.
(With inputs from agencies)
