Pradeep Kurulkar, ex-Director of DRDO’s Research and Development Establishment (Engineers) came under the scrutiny after allegations regarding providing sensitive and confidential information to a woman claimed to be a Pakistani intelligence operative.

Yasin Malik, Kashmiri separatist leader, has been named main accused in the 1990 Sarla Bhat rape-murder case after the State Investigation Agency (SIA) filed 737-page chargesheet naming him the alleged mastermind in the case.

Police also said that Chetan had attempted to hide his movements by traveling from Pune to the fort — a distance of about 90 kilometers — on a scooter instead of a car to avoid detection at a toll plaza.