Two youths have been arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in reference to the theft of computer hardware parts from the Indigenous Aircraft Carrier (IAC) under-construction on the Cochin Shipyard final 12 months.Sumit Kumar Singh (23), who hails from Munger in Bihar and Daya Ram (22) from resident of Hanumangarh in Rajasthan had been apprehended by the investigators from their homes on Tuesday, the NIA stated on Wednesday.They had been accused of stealing digital parts, together with 5 micro-processors, ten RAMs and 5 Solid State Drives (SSDs) from the Multi-Functional Consoles (MFCs) aboard the Ship. MFCs kind a part of Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) of the venture.The Ernakulam Town (South) Police Station had initially registered the FIR on 16 September, 2019 on the criticism of the Cochin Shipyard authorities relating to the prison trespass and theft of sure vital digital parts put in on-board Indigenous Aircraft Carrier under-construction on the Cochin Shipyard. NIA later took over the case and re-registered the case ten days later.As there have been no preliminary clues, the NIA stated, it analysed fingerprints and palm-prints of greater than 5,000 individuals who had labored within the IAC venture throughout this era. A lot of witnesses had been examined and in March this 12 months, the company introduced a reward of Rs 5 lakh to anyone who provides any credible leads within the case.According to the NIA case abstract posted on its web site, it was a case of trespass and theft of vital digital parts, put in on-board the IAC under-construction on the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi between August 29, 2019 and September 13, 2019.It triggered “injury and destruction of extremely delicate defence infrastructure with the intention of threatening the safety of Indian and waging struggle in opposition to the Government of India by unknown individuals”, it had stated. Published 10 June 2020, 17:12 IST
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Two arrested for stealing computer hardware from under-construction Indigenous Aircraft Carrier
