Army man arrested in UP's Meerut in connection with BrahMos spying case

Meerut: An Indian Army soldier, part of Signal Regiment, was arrested from Meerut cantonment of Uttar Pradesh in connection with the BrahMos spying case.

The soldier was picked up days after engineer Nishant Pradeep Agarwal was arrested from BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited in Maharashtra by the Uttar Pradesh police.

Nishant Pradeep Agrawal had reportedly been interacting with two Facebook accounts, the Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh police said.

According to police, the Islamabad-based Facebook accounts Nishant Pradeep Agrawal was in touch with are believed to be run by Pakistan's intelligence operatives.

The arrest was made after authorities launched a sweep on an alleged espionage ring that was supplying secrets to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI).