Overview

• Vishal Yadav, an Upper Division Clerk at Naval HQ in Delhi, was detained on June 25 by Rajasthan Police’s CID Intelligence Unit for allegedly passing classified defence details during Operation Sindoor
• Forensic examination of his phone uncovered encrypted chats and document transfers to a handler using the alias Priya Sharma across Facebook, WhatsApp and Telegram
• Officials say Yadav’s online gaming addiction left him deep in debt, and he admitted to receiving about Rs 2 lakh in total—including Rs 50,000 for Sindoor information—via crypto and bank transfers
• He remains in custody at the Central Interrogation Centre in Jaipur as a joint task force probes his cryptocurrency transactions and searches for potential accomplices
• The arrest is part of a broader nationwide crackdown on Pakistani espionage networks exploiting social media to recruit vulnerable insiders