TWO DAYS after the UP ATS conducted searches at the offices of an additional district magistrate (ADM) and sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) in Jhansi, following an input that an official was allegedly sending sensitive information about the Army to Pakistan’s ISI, the agency on Monday said it did not have enough evidence to book the accused for sedition. The accused has been identified as Raghvendra Ahirwar, who was posted at the SDM’s Sadar office from 2009 to 2017. In June, he was transferred to the office of Jhansi Additional District Magistrate (Law) Pappu Gupta, where he was posted as the stenographer. Role of other officials posted at the SDM office between 2009 and 2017 is also being probed, said sources.

According to ATS, Ahirwar allegedly shared sensitive information about the movement and arms training of the Army establishment in Jhansi Cantonment to ISI when he was posted in the SDM office. The Army routinely sends information about such events to the district administration, said the agency.