The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an assistant supervisor of Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL) for passing crucial and sensitive details of Indian fighter aircraft to Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) via WhatsApp chats and other social media apps.

The ATS found that the 41-year-old supervisor, Deepak Shirsat, was being honey-trapped by the ISI since January 2019. He has been arrested under Sections 3 (spying), 4 (communications with foreign agents to be evidence of commission of certain offences) and 5 (wrongful communication, etc., of information) of the Official Secrets Act.