Indian embassy employee arrested for alleged involvement with ISI

In UP, a Pakistani ISI agent was arrested in Meerut on Sunday. The man, identified as Satyendra Siwal, has also worked at the Indian Embassy in Moscow. The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) has been receiving information that handlers of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI have been luring employees of the Ministry of External Affairs with money to get confidential information of the Indian Army. Working on the intelligence, UP ATS found Satyendra Siwal to be ISI agent. Siwal,a resident of Hapur district, a statement said. Meanwhile, ATS has recovered 2 mobile phones, 1 Aadhar card, PAN card, identity card and Rs 600 in cash from this person.   
Acting on the information, UP ATS questioned Siwal, who initially gave unsatisfactory answers. However, later he confessed to spying and was arrested in Meerut.During interrogation, Satyendra Siwal revealed that he used to lure Indian government officials with money to extract information about the Indian Army and its day-to-day functioning. He has also been accused of passing on crucial and confidential information about the Indian Embassy, Ministry of Defence, and External Affairs to ISI handlers.An FIR has been registered against Siwal, who is working as the IBSA (India Based Security Assistant) in the Indian Embassy in Moscow, Russia, from 2021, at ATS police station, Lucknow, under Section 121A of the IPC (waging war against the country) and official secrets Act 1923, the statement said.