The Pak high commission staff member was held by Delhi police after a tip-off
New Delhi: A Pakistan High Commission official was questioned on Thursday by the Delhi Police over alleged spying and theft of defense documents. Two men from Rajasthan have been arrested for allegedly leaking documents to him.
Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit has been summoned by the foreign ministry.
Mohammed Akhtar, 35, who works in the Pakistan High Commission, was detained after a tip-off, said the police. He was reportedly let off because of diplomatic immunity.
The men who were arrested had been leaking sensitive documents to the official, say police sources.
Some employees in the Pakistani mission came under scrutiny last year after a spy ring associated with Pakistan's intelligence was exposed and five people, including a non-commissioned Air Force officer, were arrested. The police say today's arrests may be connected to that network.
The spying allegations have reemerged amid strained relations between the two countries over terror attacks from Pakistan, especially last month's Uri attack in which 19 soldiers were killed. In what was widely seen as retaliation, the army carried out surgical strikes on September 29 across the Line of Control to target terror staging camps.