The Delhi Police have filed a charge sheet against an Indian Air Force officer, who was arrested in February 2018 for alleged espionage .
The charge sheet was filed before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Shehrawat in New Delhi against Group Captain Arun Marwaha, who was booked under the Official Secrets Act (OSA) for allegedly leaking classified documents to a woman through WhatsApp.
The court has put up the final report for taking cognisance on April 24.
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As per a complaint filed by the Air Force, Group Captain Marwaha was caught by the counter-intelligence wing after he was found carrying at the headquarters a high-end phone, which are banned there.
Punishment under the Official Secrets Act entails a jail term of up to seven years.