Nashik police on Monday booked a journalist with The Quint under sections of the Official Secrets Act and the Indian Penal Code for criminal trespass and abetment to suicide in the alleged suicide of Lance Naik Roy Mathew.

Poonam Agarwal, the reporter who shot the sting in which Mathew was seen speaking on Indian Army's 'sahayak system', was booked after Nashik Police registered a case against her based on a complaint submitted by the Army.

In its application, the Army has accused Aggarwal of:

1. Illegally entering a prohibited area

2. Posing 'leading questions' to Mathew while carrying out the sting

"They (Indian Army) have given an application expressing concern over the journalist entering a prohibited area with a spy camera and filming an Army premises which is not allowed. After studying the application, a case has been registered," a Maharashtra Police officer told the Indian Express.

Police have booked Aggarwal "under Sections 3 and 7 of the Official Secrets Act and sections of the Indian Penal Code for criminal trespass and abetment to suicide."

Lance Naik Roy Mathew was found hanging from a ceiling in an abandoned Army barrack on March 2, after a Quint story featuring him in a sting operation on the 'sahayak system' went viral. Mathew had criticised the system in the video and feared a court-martial.

His fears were written in an alleged suicide note written in Malayalam, recovered from a diary at the barrack where his body was found. A forensic investigation is underway to prove the veracity of the note.

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