The Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) on Thursday produced 27-year-old Thane-based junior engineer Ravi Muralidhar Verma before the Thane district court, marking a new chapter in an ongoing investigation into an espionage case involving Pakistan Intelligence Operatives (PIOs) and digital honey traps.
To honey-trap Verma, the PIO had used multiple Indian SIM cards, registered allegedly under a bogus identity, at Delhi, Mumbai, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh.

Verma, who was employed with a private firm linked to critical naval repair work in Mumbai, is accused of leaking sensitive military information to foreign handlers who manipulated him through emotional and romantic pretences on social media. Following the completion of his police custody, ATS officials requested an extension to continue their probe and examine new evidence.

However, the court denied their plea and remanded Verma to 14 days of judicial custody.