Three held in navy war room leak case

      New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested three persons and raided more than 17 places across the country in connection with the Navy War Room leak case. Raids were going on at some places including Delhi, Goa, Chandigarh and Mumbai. The two arrested officers, Commander V Rana and Commander V K Jha are the two dismissed officers of the Armed Forces. Another arrested person is Kulbhushan Parashar. Parashar, a retired Navy officer, was taken into custody upon his arrival from London. They were arrested under the Official Secrets Act after the agency registered a case in connection with the leakage, highly- placed CBI sources said. The CBI registered the case into the Navy war room leak nearly 45 days after the Defence Ministry had handed over investigations to the agency. The CBI got all the documents related to the case on March 26 from the Defence Ministry and the agency is scrutinising them before registering a case. The Defence Ministry had asked the CBI on February 18 to probe the leaks from the Naval head-quarters. According to the CBI sources, the Defence Ministry had sent all the papers, including the court of inquiry report against the three officers which would help the agency in registering a case. Following reports that the leaks pertain to purchase of six French 'Scorpene' submarines worth Rs 13,000-crore; the government had referred the case to the CBI. In December, when intelligence officers had found a pen drive from senior Air Force Officer Wing Commander S L Surve which reportedly contained classified naval information, the Navy had formed a board of inquiry.

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