Overview

• Ravindra Verma, a 27-year-old mechanical engineer, was arrested by the Maharashtra ATS on May 29 on suspicion of spying for Pakistan.
• Police allege he was honey-trapped on Facebook by a Pakistani agent who received sketches, diagrams and audio notes detailing Indian warships and submarines from November 2024 to March 2025.
• Investigators believe he transmitted vessel names and accepted payments from multiple bank accounts in India and abroad.
• Prosecutors requested extended custody to question Verma’s colleagues and search his office at Krasney Defence Technologies.
• Defence counsel Rajhans Girase argues the detention is unlawful due to procedural lapses and absence of concrete evidence.