Delhi police on Thursday arrested a staff member of Pakistan High Commission for alleged possession of highly classified defence related documents. Pakistan High Commissioner Abdul Basit has been summoned by the Ministry of External Affairs. On intelligence inputs, Delhi Police Crime Branch took the staffer identified as Mehmood Akhtar in custody. The Crime Branch also arrested two persons, residents of Rajasthan, for allegedly passing on sensitive information to the staffer. The spies were in touch with the staff here at Pakistan High Commission and were providing sensitive information," said a senior police officer.

Source: dna October 27, 2016 05:01 UTC