Authorities Staffer Arrested For Allegedly Sharing Secret G20 Information With Pak

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The police arrested the accused from Crossings Republik in Ghaziabad (Representational)

New Delhi:

A brief staffer of the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) has been arrested for allegedly sharing particulars of G-20 conferences and different confidential info with an unidentified individual in Pakistan. The Ghaziabad Police arrested the person, Naveen Pal, on fees of espionage primarily based on info by the Intelligence Bureau (IB).

Mr Pal allegedly shared confidential info by means of WhatsApp with a lady he met on social media. The digital cellphone quantity related to the lady's WhatsApp account gave the impression to be from Bareilly in UP, officers mentioned. Nonetheless, the IP deal with was traced to Karachi in Pakistan, they added.

The accused allegedly shared a number of items of intelligence about India, MEA paperwork, and particulars of G-20 conferences with an individual in Karachi by means of WhatsApp, officers mentioned.

The paperwork recovered from Mr Pal's cellphone have been marked as "secret", they added.

A lady from Rajasthan's Alwar is underneath the radar of the investigative company over her monetary transactions with Mr Pal on an UPI platform.

Naveen Pal is being questioned by the Ghaziabad Police and officers of the IB.

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