The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday conducted searches at 12 locations in connection with an espionage case alleging that a freelance defence journalist gained illegal access to national security-related information which was shared with foreign intelligence agencies.
The accused has been identified as Vivek Raghuvanshi. He was also working with an international defence news website as its India correspondent. “The searches were carried out in Delhi, Noida, Gurugram and Jaipur,” a CBI official said, adding that a provision of the Official Secrets Act had also been invoked in the case registered on December 9, 2022.
Mr. Raghuvanshi has been accused of being involved in illegal collection of sensitive information, including minute details of projects of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and their progress.
