Jaipur: Navy staffer held for leaking Operation Sindoor details, other classified info to Pakistani handler
Vishal Yadav, an Upper Division Clerk (UDC) in the Directorate of Dockyard at the Navy building, allegedly also shared details on Operation Sindoor -- strikes carried out by the Indian Armed Forces in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in response to the Pahalgam terror attack.
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United News of India
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- United News of India
India slams Pakistan for deflecting attention from atrocities against children in that country
New Delhi, June 26 (UNI) India today slammed Pakistan for smearing it at various discussions to pursue a nefarious agenda and rejected Islamabad's attempt to deflect attention from the atrocities committed against children in its own land. India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador P Harish, in a UN Security Council Debate 'Effective strategies to end and prevent grave violations against children', said Pakistan is casting unwarranted aspersions over UN processes and also smearing India at various discussions to pursue their nefarious agenda. ''We reject this attempt by Pakistan to deflect attention from the atrocities committed against children in their country, as highlighted in the Secretary General's report, as well as their rampant cross border terrorism,'' he said. Harish said he was constrained to respond to the politically motivated remarks made by the delegate of Pakistan, ''one of the grave violators of the CAAC agenda.'' Guyana had organised the open debate on Children and Armed Conflict (CAAC). He said the world had not forgotten the savage targeted attacks by Pakistan and Pakistan-trained terrorists killing 26 tourists in Pahalgam on April 22. The Security Council had issued a press statement on April 25 which underlined the need to hold perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of this reprehensible act accountable and bring them to justice. He said India had undertaken non-escalatory, proportionate and focused attacks that targeted nine terrorist infrastructure sites on the May 7 in response through Operation Sindoor. ''The terrorists killed in these attacks were given state funerals by Pakistan. And yet, they try to preach others,'' Ambassador Harish said. Pointing out that the Secretary General's report on CAAC provides details of serious violations against children in armed conflict in Pakistan, he said the Secretary General had expressed concern at the rise in such grave violations reported including attacks against schools, particularly girls' schools, against health workers, and about the incidents in the border areas with Afghanistan where a series of killing and maiming of Afghan children was directly attributed to cross border shelling and air strikes by Pakistani armed forces. The Pakistan army also deliberately shelled India's border villages in May, killing and injuring a number of civilians. ''To preach at this body after such behaviour is grossly hypocritical.'' Ambassador Harish reaffirmed India's stand that the ''entire union territory of Jammu and Kashmir has been, is and will always be an integral and inalienable part of India irrespective of the frequent and incessant spate of lies and falsehoods by Pakistan.'' He said the world is witnessing an alarming escalation in conflicts and terrorist attacks and children are their most unfortunate casualties. As per UNSG's report, grave violations against children have surged 25 percent, while sexual violence has risen 35 percent in 2024 —a sobering indictment that demands immediate and decisive action. Creating an enabling environment for holistic development of children is fundamental for child protection. Their safety, nutrition and education should be prioritised at national and household levels. Children in conflict and post-conflict situations, however, require specialised attention and psycho-social support for their successful reintegration into society. Thus, sustained efforts by the state are required to build these essential ecosystems. He said India leads by example and has taken several steps to protect children and aid their growth and development. India established the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights in 2007 to ensure that all laws, policies, programmes and administrative systems conform to the vision of the rights of the child as enunciated in the Constitution of India as well as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. Mission Vatsalya Scheme is a flagship child welfare and protection initiative aimed at ensuring the safety, protection and holistic development of children, especially those in vulnerable situations. "India also undertakes periodic and comprehensive awareness campaigns including among security personnel on child protection and child rights. Another concrete step is incorporating child protection provisions into the standard operating procedures of security personnel. ''Our experience in peacekeeping operations underlines the need to allocate sufficient resources and requisite number of child protection advisers in peacekeeping missions for effective child protection programmes.'' National governments hold primary responsibility for protecting children's rights under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. With over 7,000 children newly recruited by armed groups in 2024, Member States must establish comprehensive legal frameworks to ensure effective prosecution of child-related crimes. Pointing out that children remain particularly vulnerable to indoctrination on violent extremist ideologies and radical terrorist recruitment, he said Member States should work together on the child protection agenda and counter-terrorism. 'It is high time that Member States shed their political inhibitions to hold both terrorist perpetrators and their state sponsors accountable for exploiting the most innocent and vulnerable population,' Harish said. UNI RB SSP
Hans India
2 hours ago
- Hans India
Bomb threat at Jaipur's ESIC Hospital, email in Ajmal Kasab's name alleges fake passport racket
Jaipur: A bomb threat sent via email to Jaipur's ESIC Hospital sparked a major security scare on Thursday, prompting a swift and coordinated response from multiple agencies. The email, signed in the name of 26/11 terrorist Ajmal Kasab, went beyond the threat of violence, alleging a broader conspiracy involving fake passports issued to former LTTE members. The hospital administration immediately alerted authorities after receiving the mail. Soon, teams from the local police, fire department, bomb disposal squad, civil defence, and cyber cell reached the hospital and conducted a thorough search. No suspicious items were found, and the operation was later called off. What raised alarm was the content of the email. It accused Tamil Nadu IPS officer Davidson Devasirvatham of facilitating the issuance of fake passports to ex-LTTE operatives through a travel agency allegedly run by his wife. The email further claimed that these individuals had been recruited by Pakistan and were travelling in a "bio-bubble" car equipped with mobile phones and fuses to trigger chemical attacks. It also warned that if their plan appeared to fail, the suspects might detonate a nerve gas IED inside the hospital. The email urged authorities to immediately inform the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and investigate the officer's role. It also suggested that the fake passports could be verified from the Intelligence Department's Madurai office. Claiming authenticity, the sender stated that they were personally involved in the conspiracy, insisting it was not a hoax. This incident adds to a string of recent hoax threats in Jaipur. On May 8, 12, and 13, similar bomb threats targeted the Sawai Mansingh Stadium, with one email also demanding justice for a rape victim. A woman from Ahmedabad was later arrested in connection with those threats, having allegedly sent four to five such emails. Another threat was reported on May 9, when the Jaipur Metro received an email referencing the so-called 'Operation Sindoor.' No explosives were found in that case either. The latest threat email has been forwarded to the cyber cell for further investigation, particularly due to its possible links with previous hoax messages and the grave accusations made against a serving IPS officer.
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How Indian Navy staffer was lured by Pakistani handler ‘Priya Sharma' into spying
Vishal Yadav, an Upper Division Clerk at the Nausena Bhavan in Delhi, has been arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan. A native of Haryana's Rewari, he was approached by a Pakistani handler, who used the alias 'Priya Sharma', for leaking sensitive naval information, including during Operation Sindoor read more Vishal Yadav has been arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan. News18 Hindi A civilian employee posted at the Indian Navy headquarters in Delhi has been arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan. Vishal Yadav, who was nabbed by the Rajasthan Police's Intelligence Wing in Jaipur, is suspected of leaking classified information to a Pakistani intelligence handler. He is also accused of sharing details on Operation Sindoor, the strikes by the Indian military on multiple terror sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) last month in retaliation for the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Let's take a closer look. How 'Priya Sharma' trapped Vishal Yadav Vishal Yadav worked as an Upper Division Clerk (UDC) in the Directorate of Dockyard at Nausena Bhavan, the naval wing of the Defence Ministry, in Delhi. A native of Haryana's Rewari, he was reportedly addicted to online gaming. Yadav was approached by his Pakistani handler three years ago on Facebook. He got a friend request from 'Priya Sharma', a fake identity, and he began communicating regularly with the person, intelligence sources told PTI. Their interactions later shifted to WhatsApp and then Telegram, both of which provide encryption-enabled messages. As per the NDTV report, Yadav became a target because of his online gaming addiction. The Pakistani handler allegedly convinced him to spy in exchange for money. According to the police, Yadav first received small sums of Rs 5,000-Rs 6,000 for providing less sensitive information. 'However, the handler allegedly encouraged him to provide more valuable intelligence for higher compensation. That's when Yadav began sharing critical defence-related data,' Inspector General of Police (CID-Security) Vishnu Kant Gupta was quoted as saying by PTI. 'He was lured by money and ended up leaking sensitive information from the Navy headquarters,' the IGP added. Gupta claimed Yadav has confessed to earning a total of Rs 2 lakh by sharing defence details with the Pakistani handler. 'This included Rs 50,000 for leaking information related to Operation Sindoor,' the IGP said. Some payments were made to him through cryptocurrency. Yadav is said to have used this money for his online gaming addiction. The police said that forensic analysis of Yadav's phone revealed chat records and documents showing that he had leaked sensitive naval intelligence during Operation Sindoor. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD ALSO READ: Who is Pakistan's 'Madam N', who trapped Indian YouTubers arrested for spying? How police caught Vishal Yadav Yadav may have come under the police radar during the investigation into Ravi Prakash Meena, a Rajasthan resident arrested in 2022 for allegedly spying for Pakistan. He was a Class 4 employee in the Defence Ministry's Sena Bhawan. The probe revealed that Meena received money through a cryptocurrency channel in exchange for leaking sensitive information to his Pakistani handler. As intelligence agencies put Meena's cryptocurrency channel under surveillance, they found that Yadav was also being paid through the same route, reported NDTV. The agencies started monitoring Yadav for over two years before his arrest this week. 'After monitoring his social media activity and confirming his links with a Pakistani handler, he was detained in Jaipur for joint interrogation involving multiple national agencies,' IGP Gupta said, as per PTI. Yadav is being grilled at a secure facility in Jaipur. Interrogators are trying to determine whether other individuals were involved and the scale of the leak. Recent arrests for spying Authorities have recently busted a Pakistani espionage network, arresting some social media influencers on suspicion of spying. YouTubers Jyoti Malhotra and Jasbir Singh are among those sent behind bars in connection with a Pakistan-backed spy network operating in North India. After Operation Sindoor, India had declared some diplomats at the Pakistan High Commission in Delhi as persona non grata. One of the Pakistani officials, identified as Danish alias Ehsan-ur-Rehman, was in contact with Jyoti Malhotra. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD With inputs from agencies
