New Delhi, 08/07/2023: A chargesheet filed by the Anti-terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Maharashtra Police alleged that DRDO scientist Pradeep Kurulkar was attracted to the Pakistani Intelligence Operative, who used the alias ‘Zara Dasgupta.’ The chargesheet also added that they chatted with her about Indian missile systems, among other classified defence projects.
Last week, a chargesheet was filed in court against the director of one of the Defence Research and Development Organization’s (DRDO) labs in Pune.
On May 3, he was detained for espionage under the Official Secrets Act and is currently in judicial prison. Dasgupta’ pretended to be a software developer from the United Kingdom and befriended him by sending obscene letters and videos.
Her IP address was tracked to Pakistan throughout the inquiry, according to the ATS chargesheet.
According to the report, the Pakistani spy attempted to obtain classified and sensitive information about the Brahmos Launcher, Drone, UCV, Agni Missile Launcher, and Military Bridging System, among other things.
The ATS added that the two of them were in contact from June 2022 to December 2022, and he chatted about various Indian projects, including surface-to-air missiles (SAM), drones, Brahmos and Agni Missile Launchers and UCV.
