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53-year-old Gupta was arrested after being called back
from Islamabad where she was posted as Second Secretary in the
Press and Information wing.
The official came under the scanner after she showed
"extra-ordinary" interest in areas beyond her role in the
information wing of the mission.
Central security agencies then involved senior MEA
officials by briefing them about her activities in Pakistan
which included supplying of sensitive and classified documents
related to Indian activities in that country and Afghanistan.
A promotee officer of Ministry of External Affairs,
Gupta was working in the Mission for nearly three years.
She was well versed in Urdu and her services were
utilised for translation and interpretation. Earlier, she was
posted in the Indian Mission in Kuala Lumpur and worked with
'India Perspective', a magazine of the External Publicity wing
of MEA. PTI