Moscow Indian Embassy official arrested for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s ISI

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an worker of the Indian Embassy in Moscow from Meerut on allegations of spying for Pakistan’s intelligence company ISI.

The arrested man has been recognized as Satendra Siwal. He has been employed as an India Based Security Assistant (IBSA) on the Indian Embassy in Moscow because the yr 2021.

The operation was launched after ATS acquired a tip-off from confidential sources indicating that ISI handlers had been ensnaring Indian Ministry of External Affairs staff, providing cash in return for delicate data linked to the Indian Army.

The change of knowledge posed a grave menace to India’s inner and exterior safety, the company mentioned.

Satendra Siwal, hailing from Shahmahiuddinpur village in Hapur, has been recognized as a most important determine on this espionage community. Exploiting his function within the Indian Embassy in Moscow, he’s accused of illegally acquiring confidential paperwork.

Driven by monetary greed, the accused purportedly shared essential data associated to the strategic operations of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of External Affairs, and Indian army institutions with ISI handlers.

“The ATS was receiving intelligence from numerous confidential sources that the handlers of the Pakistani intelligence company ISI, by way of some individuals, had been luring the staff of the Ministry of External Affairs with cash to acquire strategically and strategically necessary data associated to the Indian Army that’s prone to pose an enormous menace to the inner and exterior safety of India,” the company mentioned in an announcement.

Following complete intelligence gathering and surveillance, Satendra Siwal was known as to the ATS Field Unit in Meerut for questioning.

Under interrogation, he allegedly couldn’t present passable explanations and finally admitted to his participation in espionage actions.