Mid-Day: Navi Mumbai: Thursday, December 21, 2017.
A Woman Has
Been Booked Under The Official Secrets Act For Allegedly Recording Various
Rooms Of Rabale Police Station In Navi Mumbai Using A Spycam Concealed In Her
Sunglasses
It was a neat
trick; unfortunately for her, the police officer proved to be extra sharp and
alert. The Rabale police have booked a 35-year-old woman for allegedly filming
the police station and crucial documents, when she had come there for some
information, with her spy spectacles. The woman, who had been booked in a
rioting case earlier, had been called to the police station on Tuesday for the
information she had sought in the complaint against her.
Eye on spy
The accused
has been identified as Sapna Amarsingh Sandhu, a resident of Airoli's sector
16. "She and her family members had been booked for rioting by the Rabale
police. Sandhu had filed an application under the Right To Information (RTI)
Act, seeking more information from the Rabale police about the complaint made
against her. Hence, she was called to the police station," said an
officer.
On December
19 around 10 am, Sandhu reached the police station and sub-inspector Tukaram
Nimbalkar took her to the police record room. When she was reading the crime
register, Nimbalkar spotted something different in her spectacles. He asked her
to come to station house and called a technical expert and two witnesses. The
police connected the glasses to a computer and found 17 video clips stored on
it. "She had filmed the police station from inside, as well as the
registers," said another officer. "Police station and record room are
considered 'prohibited areas'."
Case filed
Sandhu has
been booked under relevant sections of the Official Secrets Act, 1923, and a
notice has been served to her to appear for investigation. "We will seek
information from her - from where she bought the spy camera and why was she
filming the records," said an officer.
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