A contractual employee with the Union Finance Ministry has been arrested for allegedly possessing and passing on official secrets to a contact, police said on Tuesday. Naveen Pal, 27, a resident of Bhim Nagar, was nabbed at around 7 pm on Monday near Shani temple here following a tip-off, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Rural) Shubham Patel said.

He said a 61-page official document and a mobile phone were seized from the accused’s possession. During investigation, police found a suspicious mobile number saved as “Anjali of Kolkata” in the cell phone. It is suspected that Pal was passing on official secrets to this number through WhatsApp, the DCP said.