Clerk arrested in Muzaffarpur for passing info to 'ISI agent' in Pakistan

Clerk arrested in Muzaffarpur for passing info to 'ISI agent' in Pakistan
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"Chaurasia, who hails from Munger district, works at the registry office here. He formerly worked at an ordnance factory at Avadi near Chennai. He has confessed to have passed on sensitive information to the woman," said Kant. Chaurasia also received money in his bank account in exchange for the information he passed on from his mobile phone.

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A registration department clerk in Bihar was arrested on Friday for allegedly sharing sensitive information, obtained from an ordnance factory where he formerly worked, with a suspected female ISI agent in Pakistan.

Senior superintendent of police, Muzaffarpur, Jayant Kant told reporters that the arrested person, Ravi Chaurasia, came in contact with the woman on Facebook, who used a pseudonym, fell in love and remained smitten even after she revealed her identity.

"Chaurasia, who hails from Munger district, works at the registry office here. He formerly worked at an ordnance factory at Avadi near Chennai. He has confessed to have passed on sensitive information to the woman," said Kant. Chaurasia also received money in his bank account in exchange for the information he passed on from his mobile phone.
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