New Delhi: In a nationwide swoop in the Navy's War Room leak case, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday arrested two more people, taking the total arrests in the case to five.
The CBI, continuing with its nationwide swoop-down on officials arrested Raj Rani Jaiswal, the original complainant in the case, and her father Mukesh Bajaj.
The arrests come a month after the Defence Ministry handed over the probe to the investigating agency.
After two months of inquiry, the board found three senior officers - Captain Kashyap Kumar (former director of Naval Operations), Commander V Rana and V K Jha guilty and they were dismissed from service.
The CBI had on Wednesday night arrested Rana, Jha and another retired officer Kulbhushan Parashar.
Rana and Jha were arrested after the CBI registered a case under the Official Secrets Act, sources said.
Parashar, a retired Navy officer, was arrested on his arrival from London.
Meanwhile, Kashyap Kumar has been given time till April 10 to report to the investigative agency.
Raids are going on at more than 17 places which include the Delhi, Goa, Chandigarh and Mumbai.
The case deals with alleged leak of classified naval information and was related to future acquisition of missile boats by the Indian Navy.
The CBI registered the case nearly 45 days after the Defence Ministry had handed over investigations to the agency.
The Defence Ministry had asked CBI on February 18 to probe the leaks from the Naval headquarters, which had led to the sacking of three senior Navy officials.
The Government had referred the case after reports suggested that the leaks pertained to a high-profile defence deal.
The Navy had constituted a board of inquiry after intelligence officers had recovered a pen drive from senior Air Force officer Wing Commander S L Surve in December which reportedly contained classified Naval information.
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