The Gujarat Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) connected Friday arrested a antheral for allegedly “spying for the Pakistan quality agency” and putting “national information astatine risk” by sharing delicate accusation regarding the question of Indian Coast Guard (ICG) ships anchored astatine Okha Jetty successful Devbhoomi Dwarka territory of Gujarat, said the police.
The accused, identified arsenic Dipesh Batuk Gohel, is simply a nonmigratory of Arambhada successful Okha taluka of the district. The ATS had been keeping a tab connected Gohel aft receiving a tip-off that helium was allegedly successful interaction with an cause of Pakistan quality agency, ISI, and was passing connected delicate accusation done WhatsApp.
“Dipesh Gohel, who worked arsenic a welder-cum-labourer astatine Okha jetty, shared delicate accusation astir ICG ships coming to the jetty with a Pakistan-based pistillate for a outgo of Rs 200 per day,” said Superintendent of Police (ATS) K Siddharth.
“About 7 months ago, helium came successful interaction with a Facebook relationship by the sanction ‘Sahima’,” said a connection from ATS. “The idiosyncratic operating the Facebook relationship allegedly told Gohel that she was a pistillate and worked for the Pakistan Navy. The relationship relation past started talking to him connected WhatsApp. The idiosyncratic past asked him astir his job; successful reply, Gohel shared his profile,” said the statement.
“This relationship relation past told Gohel that if helium shared details of the names and numbers of Coast Guard vessels anchored astatine the Okha Jetty, helium would person a monthly outgo astatine the complaint of Rs 200 per day,” said the statement. “After this, Gohel started moving for ‘Sahima’ and shared the delicate accusation (regarding the ships),” said the statement.
Since Gohel did not person a slope relationship of his own, helium gave relationship details of 3 of his friends.
“Till date, helium has allegedly received Rs 42,000 done the UPI linked accounts of his friends,” said the ATS statement.
Deputy Superintendent of Police VK Parmar, who was heading the probe successful the case, confirmed the details. Parmar said that during the probe, the constabulary besides recovered a WhatsApp fig which was attributed to ‘Sahima’ and was being operated from Pakistan. Gohel has been booked nether Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 61 (criminal conspiracy) and 148 (punishment for conspiracy to wage warfare against the government), said police.