A retired Indian Air Force officer was arrested in Assam’s Tezpur for allegedly establishing links with Pakistani intelligence operatives and sharing defence-related documents with them, The Indian Express reported on Saturday.

Kulendra Sharma retired as a junior warrant officer in 2002 and worked as a technical assistant in the department of electronics and communication engineering at Tezpur University before leaving his job three years ago.

Sonitpur’s Superintendent of Police Barun Purkayastha told The Hind u that Sharma had been under surveillance for about two weeks after they received intelligence inputs suggesting that he was in contact with Pakistani operatives.

He has been booked on charges pertaining to acts endangering the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India

See Full Page