Finance Ministry employee arrested for passing on official secrets to contact

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A contractual employee working with the Finance Ministry has been arrested for leaking confidential data..

According to the police a case has been registered against the Ghaziabad resident for allegedly possessing and passing on official secrets to a contact in lieu of money..

He was arrested around 7 pm on Monday following a tip off and has since been charged under the Official Secrets Act and the IT Act...

Suspicious messages were sent from his mobile number to another mobile numberhe shared confidential documents with this number and in return received money online," Ghaziabad DCP Shubham Patel was quoted as saying by ANI..

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