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NEW DELHI: A Pakistan High Commission official has been asked to leave the country as he was involved in spying, Delhi police said.
The Pakistani official was questioned by Delhi police last night.
Delhi police also arrested two Indian nationals on charges of alleged espionage and for allegedly giving information to Pakistan's ISI spy agency, a police officer said here on Thursday.
"They (all three) were carrying out the activities for the last one and a half years, but we were keeping an eye on them for the last six months," said a senior police officer.
Mehmood Akhtar, the official in the Pakistan High Commission, was briefly detained and let off because he had diplomatic immunity, the officer said. He was arrested from near the Delhi Zoo, where he was allegedly purchasing "sensitive" documents from an Indian national. Akhtar has been working with the Pakistan High Commission in India for the past three years.
"He (Akhtar) was a havildar in Baloch regiment of Pakistani army, was later hired by ISI and was working in the visa department in the (Pakistan) High Commission," Delhi police said.
"On initial interrogation, the Pak HC official said he is an Indian citizen and also showed a fake Aadhar card," police added.
The ministry of external affairs summoned Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit and foreign secretary S Jaishankar told him that the Pakistan mission staffer has been declared persona non grata. The two Indians arrested are residents of Rajasthan. They were allegedly passing on sensitive information to the Pakistan High Commission staffer. They have been identified as Maulana Ramzan and Subhash Jangir.
"The spies are residents of Rajasthan working for Pakistan's ISI. The spies were in touch with the staff here at Pakistan High Commission and were providing sensitive information. Defence deployment, BSF deployment maps and visa related documents were recovered from both the spies," said a senior police officer.
This is not the first time that employees of the Pakistan High Commission in India have come under the radar for alleged espionage. Last year, police claimed to have busted an ISI spy ring in the high commission and five persons were arrested. http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Pak...for-allegedly-spying/articleshow/55089067.cms
The Pakistani official was questioned by Delhi police last night.
Delhi police also arrested two Indian nationals on charges of alleged espionage and for allegedly giving information to Pakistan's ISI spy agency, a police officer said here on Thursday.
"They (all three) were carrying out the activities for the last one and a half years, but we were keeping an eye on them for the last six months," said a senior police officer.
Mehmood Akhtar, the official in the Pakistan High Commission, was briefly detained and let off because he had diplomatic immunity, the officer said. He was arrested from near the Delhi Zoo, where he was allegedly purchasing "sensitive" documents from an Indian national. Akhtar has been working with the Pakistan High Commission in India for the past three years.
"He (Akhtar) was a havildar in Baloch regiment of Pakistani army, was later hired by ISI and was working in the visa department in the (Pakistan) High Commission," Delhi police said.
"On initial interrogation, the Pak HC official said he is an Indian citizen and also showed a fake Aadhar card," police added.
The ministry of external affairs summoned Pakistan envoy Abdul Basit and foreign secretary S Jaishankar told him that the Pakistan mission staffer has been declared persona non grata. The two Indians arrested are residents of Rajasthan. They were allegedly passing on sensitive information to the Pakistan High Commission staffer. They have been identified as Maulana Ramzan and Subhash Jangir.
"The spies are residents of Rajasthan working for Pakistan's ISI. The spies were in touch with the staff here at Pakistan High Commission and were providing sensitive information. Defence deployment, BSF deployment maps and visa related documents were recovered from both the spies," said a senior police officer.
This is not the first time that employees of the Pakistan High Commission in India have come under the radar for alleged espionage. Last year, police claimed to have busted an ISI spy ring in the high commission and five persons were arrested. http://m.timesofindia.com/india/Pak...for-allegedly-spying/articleshow/55089067.cms
