MEA woman officer posted in Indian Mission arrested

New Delhi, Apr 27 (PTI) A Second Secretary-level woman
diplomat working in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad
has been arrested here for allegedly passing on information to
Pakistani intelligence agencies.
Simultaneously, the station head of Research and
Analysis Wing (RAW) in Islamabad R K Sharma has also come
under the scanner, official sources said.
A promotee officer of Ministry of External Affairs,
53-year-old Madhuri Gupta, was arrested here four days back
after she was summoned to Delhi on the pretext of discussions
on the current SAARC summit meeting held in Thimpu, Bhutan,
the sources said.
The officer, a Second Secretary working in the Mission
for nearly three years, is alleged to have been passing on
information from the Mission to her contacts in ISI till her
movements came under surveillance of Intelligence Bureau
sleuths.
Home Secretary G K Pillai said Gupta had been passing
information to Pakistani agencies. "She has been arrested," he
said.
The sources said Gupta, a spinster, is alleged to have
been taking information from the RAW station head in
Islamabad, which was passed to the Pakistani spy agencies.
The sources said that the role of Sharma had also come
under scanner for allegedly abusing his position and passing
information to Gupta. However, it was not clear whether he
knew the woman officer's real designs, the sources said.
Gupta, who was arrested upon her arrival four days ago,
was produced again before a court on Monday which has remanded
her to further police custody of another five days. PTI SKL
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