Posted on 06/12/2009 9:55:06 PM PDT by Schnucki
One of India's leading nuclear scientists has gone missing in mysterious circumstances provoking fears he has been kidnapped for classified information.
Lokanathan Mahalingam had access to some of the country's most sensitive nuclear information and the government has ordered an inquiry into his disappearance.
Mr Mahalingam, 47, worked at the Kaiga Atomic Power Station in Karnataka, close to Project Seabird, a major military base.
He went for a walk early on Monday morning and has not been seen since.
Authorities are not yet sure whether his disappearance poses a security threat and the Indian Intelligence Bureau is investigating whether he has been eaten by leopards, committed suicide, disappeared wilfully or been kidnapped.
Colleagues said that Mr Mahalingam, who works in the simulator training division of the nuclear power plant, is an introvert with few friends but no enemies.
A manhunt is under way in the 1000 acres of dense forest of the Western Ghats that surrounds the Kaiga plant.
Police played down the threat to classified information, but they have not ruled out the possibility that Mr Mahalingam has been kidnapped by a group attempting to sabotage the plant.
Five years ago, a heavily armed gang attempted to kidnap an official from India's Nuclear Power Corporation in the same forest, but he managed to escape.
"The investigation is being handled at a very high level due to the sensitive nature of the case," an investigating officer said. "At the moment it is a complete mystery and we are looking at every possibility.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
He’s probably off selling nuclear information to our enemies on behalf of his government.
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we are looking at every possibility
Clearly.
Once the leopards learn how to make nuclear bombs we are totally screwed.
HAHAHA! You have any proof for that, Mr. Pakistani TBP?
You are such a stubborn troll!
The guy has family, and went missing after a routine morning walk.
eaten by leopards
Most inane comment on FR in the past 24 hours.
You are confusing the country for Pakistan, and this man, for Abdul Qadeer Khan, of the Pakistani ISI-run Khan Network scheme.
When North Korea tested nukes, it was because of Pakistan's help. When Libya tried to go nuclear, it was through Pakistan's inputs. Same with Iran,and likewise with Syria.
His name is Tim Barnes Phares, and is a paid lobbyist for Pakistan. You can see some of his articles on the internet.
I’ve always wondered why FR hasn’t booted his ass out of here, years ago.
I’m guessing someone’s trailing him.
This world has gone insane.
What could he possibly offer that is more valuable than all the nuclear secrets stolen/given away from the USA in the 1990’s?
http://www.fas.org/irp/news/2000/06/000615-secret1.htm
Might want to check N Korea or Iran, the two most likely places to have kidnapped a Nuke scientist.
That brings up an interesting point: Primative tribes believe that if you eat your enemy you will inherit the characteristics of that enemy. Eat his heart, get his courage, eat his brain, get his intelligence. So, if a leopard eats a scientist does it gain the nuke knowledge of the eaten scientist? Just sayin'...
Not at all. India has a long record of hostility to the US and of supporting our enemies.
I don’t know what folks are worried about. They can’t get any info out of this guy with torture. Everybody knows that torture doesn’t work.
ROFLMAO! The US has a longer record of hostility towards India and supporting her enemies, principally Pakistan and China.
But that said, you still remain to be Pakistan-supporting troll.
Please define "our enemies" from YOUR prospective.....
Indeed.
Where is Bill and Hillary?
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