April 27, 2010 5:39 PM

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Indian High Commission diplomat arrested for spying for Pak

A Second Secretary-level woman diplomat working in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad has been arrested in New Delhi for allegedly passing on information to Pakistani intelligence agencies. <br/><br/>Fifty three year old Madhuri Gupta, was arrested four days back after she was summoned to Delhi on the pretext of discussions on the current SAARC summit meeting held in Thimpu, Bhutan.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>Home Secretary G K Pillai said Gupta had been passing information to Pakistani agencies and has been arrested. Ms Gupta was produced before a court yesterday which has remanded her to police custody of another five days.

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