Lucknow:

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an worker of the Indian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence company, ISI. He was arrested in Meerut. The arrested particular person, recognized as Satendra Siwal, was working as a Multi Tasking Employees (MTS) within the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.

The operation unfolded as ATS acquired intelligence from confidential sources suggesting that ISI handlers had been attractive Indian Ministry of Exterior Affairs workers, providing monetary incentives in change for delicate info associated to the Indian Military. The data being obtained posed a grave menace to India’s inside and exterior safety.

Satendra Siwal, a resident of Shahmahiuddinpur village in Hapur, was recognized as a key participant on this espionage community. He was allegedly extracting confidential paperwork by exploiting his place inside the Indian Embassy in Moscow. The accused, motivated by greed for cash, allegedly handed important info regarding the strategic actions of the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Exterior Affairs, and Indian navy institutions to ISI handlers.

“The ATS was receiving intelligence from varied confidential sources that the handlers of the Pakistani intelligence company ISI, by some individuals, had been luring the staff of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs with cash to acquire strategically and strategically necessary info associated to the Indian Military that’s more likely to pose an enormous menace to the interior and exterior safety of India,” the company stated in an announcement.

Following intensive intelligence gathering and surveillance, Satendra Siwal was summoned to the ATS Discipline Unit in Meerut for interrogation. Throughout questioning, he reportedly failed to offer passable solutions, ultimately confessing to his involvement in spy actions. Satendra Siwal has been working as an India Based mostly Safety Assistant (IBSA) on the Indian Embassy in Moscow since 2021.