CBI files another chargesheet in Navy War Room leak case

New Delhi, Feb 1 (UNI) The CBI today filed a chargesheet in a local court against a retired Captain and former Commander of the Navy in a case related to the Naval War Room leak case.

The accused-- Salam Singh Rathore and Jarnail Singh Kalra--who are in judicial custody, have been charged with ''obtaining, retaining, collecting and passing on of sensitive classified defence documents having a bearing on national security''.

Retired Captain Salam Singh Rathore during his posting in Acquisition Wing of the Defence Ministry had obtained gifts in cash and kind from a defence middleman (a retired Lieutenant of the Indian Navy) who is the main accused in the Naval War Room leak case.

Searches at the residential premises of the retired Captain had led to the recovery of a large number of incriminating classified defence documents.

Three of the sensitive documents recovered were provided to him by the retired Commander, who is now working as Deputy General Manager with the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

Retired Commander Jarnail Singh Kalra had received these documents from the Defence Ministry for onward transmission to HAL Corporate Office, Bangalore. But, he unauthorisedly retained these documents and passed on these to the accused retired Captain.

UNI