IAF officer arrested on espionage charge


IAF officer arrested on espionage charge

The Delhi Police's special cell unit on Thursday arrested an Indian Air Force officer on charges of espionage and passing on classified information to Pakistani intelligence agency, ISI. Group Captain Arun Marwaha, 51, was detained on January 31 by the air force’s Intelligence Wing with his smartphone at the IAF headquarters. Allegedly, after being lured by two ISI agents through fake Facebook accounts, the officer was enticed to share information pertaining to IAF exercises.

दिल्ली पुलिस के स्पेशल सेल यूनिट ने गुरुवार को भारतीय वायु सेना के एक अधिकारी को जासूसी करने और पाकिस्तानी खुफिया एजेंसी को गोपनीय जानकारी देने के आरोप में गिरफ्तार कर लिया । 51 वर्षीय ग्रुप कैप्टन अरुण मारवाहा को 31 जनवरी को वायुसेना के इंटेलिजेंस विंग द्वारा IAF मुख्यालय में उनके स्मार्टफोन के साथ हिरासत में लिया गया था। कथित तौर पर फ़र्ज़ी फेसबुक एकाउंट्स के ज़रिए दो ISI एजेंटों द्वारा प्रलोभित किए जाने के बाद, अधिकारी को IAF अभ्यास से संबंधित जानकारी साझा करने के लिए फुसलाया गया।

Key Learnings

  • Adjective : classified //क्लासीफाइड// [गोपनीय]

    Definition: Classified information is officially stated to be secret
    Synonyms: confidential, clandestine, esoteric, secret
    Antonym: unclassified, public, apparent, unconcealed

  • Verb : detained //डिटेन्ड// [हिरासत में लेना]

    Definition: to keep someone in prison for as long as the courts feel is necessary
    Synonyms: confine, hold, restrain, arrest, imprison
    Antonym: let go , release, discharge

  • Verb : enticed //एन्टाइस्ड// [फुसलाना]

    Definition: to persuade someone to do something by offering them something pleasant
    Synonyms: tempt, allure, cajole, carny, ensnare
    Antonym: dissuade, repel, force, disgust

  • Noun : espionage //एस्पीअनाश़// [जासूसी]

    Definition: the practice of spying or of using spies, typically by governments to obtain political and military information
    Synonyms: spying, infiltration, eavesdropping
    Antonym: -

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