Siwal, an worker of the Indian embassy in Moscow, was arrested in Uttar Pradesh.
Meerut:
An worker of the Indian embassy in Moscow, arrested lately in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s ISI, was honey-trapped by a girl who befriended him on social media, the UP Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has mentioned.
Satendra Siwal, a resident of Shahmahiuddinpur village in Hapur, shared secret paperwork associated to weapon techniques of the Indian Air Pressure and the Indian Navy together with warplanes and submarines, mentioned Rajeev Tyagi, ATS inspector in Meerut.
Mr Siwal is presently in 10-day ATS remand until February 16.
“Siwal got here in contact with the girl final 12 months who had made a web-based profile within the identify of Pooja Mehra. She honey-trapped him and enticed him to share secret paperwork along with her for cash,” mentioned Mr Tyagi.
“Siwal has claimed that the paperwork he shared with the girl are nonetheless on his telephone. The forensic examination of his telephone and different devices utilized by him is being completed,” the ATS inspector added.
The ATS in its probe via digital and bodily surveillance discovered that he was concerned in anti-India actions with the community of the ISI handlers.
The ATS officers additionally mentioned that the girl’s social media account was being dealt with by the Pakistan intelligence company.
The Meerut unit of ATS arrested Siwal, who was working because the IBSA (India-based safety assistant) within the Indian embassy in Moscow since 2021, on February 4 from Lucknow.
He was arrested after an FIR was registered in opposition to him on the ATS police station, Lucknow, underneath Part 121A (waging battle in opposition to the nation) of the IPC and the Official Secrets and techniques Act, 1923.
Throughout questioning, Siwal couldn’t give passable solutions and “confessed” to his crime.
The ATS had earlier mentioned that Siwal was offering essential confidential info concerning the strategic actions of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of Exterior Affairs and the Indian navy institutions for cash.
The Ministry of Exterior Affairs had mentioned it was conscious of Siwal’s arrest and dealing with the investigative authorities on this case.
In the meantime, Siwal’s members of the family have left house of their native village in Hapur, and moved to another place, police mentioned.
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