Sunday, November 29, 2015

#CMD of #GRSE #Kolkata summoned to Delhi after #Pakistani #spy racket busted

Rear Admiral (Retd) AK Verma, Chairman and Managing Director of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE) has been sommmoned to Delhi for an urgent meeting by the Defence Ministry following the arrest of Asfaq, a BA Third Year political science student of Harimohan Ghosh College of Garden Reach in south Kolkata.Asfaq Ansari is also the general secretary of Trinamool Congress-run students’ union of Harimohan Ghosh College.


The Special Task Force of Kolkata Police also arrested his father Md Ershad Ansari and his maternal uncle Jehangir. Ershad is an INTTUC leader at the Garden Reach Ship Builders who allegedly helped Ejaz procure vital photographs and other information regarding warships and other facilities according to police sources.

Md Ershad was allegedly inducted into the ISI by his elder brother, who went to Pakistan as a leather worker way back in 2002.He also used his position to get close to the high security areas and photograph installations and the warships alongwith Pakistani national Ejaz who was earlier arrested by Meerut police.

Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Corvette, 'Kadmatt' built indigenously by GRSE shipyard, was recently handed over to Indian Navy.GRSE is also building four ASW Corvette class ships under the P-28 Project.