Union FinMin’s contractual staffer held for leaking official secrets: Cops

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A contractual employee with the Union Finance Ministry has been arrested for allegedly possessing and passing on official secrets to a contact, police said on Tuesday. Naveen Pal, 27, a resident of Bhim Nagar, was nabbed at around 7 pm on Monday near Shani temple here following a tip-off, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rural) Shubham Patel said.

He said a 61-page official document and a mobile phone were seized from the accused's possession. During investigation, police found a suspicious mobile number saved as "Anjali of Kolkata" in the cell phone. It is suspected that Pal was passing on official secrets to this number through WhatsApp, the DCP said.

Pal did this in lieu of money and some bank transactions have been verified in this regard, he said. The cop said a case has been registered against the accused under the Official Secrets Act and the IT Act. Pal's leaking sensitive information to the "woman" could endanger the national security and also harm India's relationship with other countries, he said.

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