Shillong, Feb 4: The ATS (Anti-Terrorist Squad) of Uttar Pradesh arrested Satyendra Siwal, an employee of the Indian Embassy in Russia, on suspicion of participating in anti-national activities in collaboration with the Pakistani intelligence agency ISI on Sunday.

The individual was apprehended in Meerut.

As per news reports, Satyendra Siwal is accused of giving crucial classified data to the ISI about the strategic operations of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Indian armed forces.

Satyendra Siwal has been working as an India-based security assistant in the Indian embassy in Moscow since 2021.

During the interrogation by the UP ATS, Siwal reportedly admitted to committing the crime.

Police have registered an FIR against Siwal under section 121A of the IPC (waging war against the country) and Official Secrets Act 1923.

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