Overview
- CBI registered the case on December 29 against Nisheeth Kohli of Vasant Kunj after the PMO flagged emails invoking the Prime Minister’s name.
- Kohli allegedly wrote that he had Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘blessings’ and said his credentials could be verified with Principal Secretary P. K. Mishra.
- According to the FIR, messages went to ISRO, HAL, DRDO units including ADE and HEMRL, Premier Explosives, and US Navy Vice Admiral George M. Wikoff at the Pentagon.
- The agency cited BNS Section 62 read with Sections 318(2) and 319(2) plus IT Act Section 66D, following a preliminary enquiry into the outreach.
- In the emails, Kohli described himself as a 2002 TITS Bhiwani textile chemistry engineer offering an indigenous military jet engine proposal, with the investigation ongoing into scope, potential gains, or any sensitive information.