New Delhi:
The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) is cooperating with investigating authorities in the case involving the Uttar Pradesh police who arrested an employee of the Indian Embassy in Moscow for allegedly spying for Pakistan's intelligence agency ISI, official sources said on Sunday.
The Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) of the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Satendra Siwal, a resident of Shahmahiuddinpur village in Hapur district of Uttar Pradesh, in Lucknow after interrogation.
The MEA is aware of the arrest of Satendra Siwal in Uttar Pradesh. He was posted as a security assistant in the Embassy of India, Moscow, the sources said.
“MEA continues to cooperate with the investigating authorities in this matter,” the source said.
In a statement, the UP ATS said Siwal was arrested on charges of working for ISI.
An FIR has been registered against Siwal at the ATS police station in Lucknow under Section 121A of the IPC (waging war against country) and the Official Secrets Act, the statement said.
Siwal served as a Multi-Tasking Staff (MTS) in the MEA.
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