Satendra Siwal had been working in Moscow since 2021.
Lucknow:
The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an worker of the Indian Embassy in Moscow 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 Workers (MTS) within the Ministry of Exterior Affairs.
The operation unfolded as ATS obtained intelligence from confidential sources suggesting that ISI handlers had been attractive Indian Ministry of Exterior Affairs staff, providing monetary incentives in alternate for delicate data associated to the Indian Military. The data being obtained posed a grave risk 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 throughout the Indian Embassy in Moscow. The accused, motivated by greed for cash, allegedly handed essential data in regards to 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, via some individuals, had been luring the workers of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs with cash to acquire strategically and strategically necessary data associated to the Indian Military that’s prone to pose an enormous risk to the inner and exterior safety of India,” the company mentioned in a press release.
Following in depth intelligence gathering and surveillance, Satendra Siwal was summoned to the ATS Area Unit in Meerut for interrogation. Throughout questioning, he reportedly failed to supply passable solutions, finally confessing to his involvement in spy actions. Satendra Siwal has been working as an India Primarily based Safety Assistant (IBSA) on the Indian Embassy in Moscow since 2021.