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India expels two Pak High Commission officials on espionage charges

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Tribune News Service

New Delhi, May 31

Two officials of the Pakistan High Commission of Pakistan here were apprehended on Sunday by Indian law enforcement authorities for indulging in espionage activities.

The government has declared both these officials persona non grata for indulging in activities incompatible with their status as members of a diplomatic mission and asked them to leave the country within 24 hours. 

The officials have been identified as Abid Hussain and Tahir Hussain, working in the visa section of the Pakistan High Commission.

Pakistan’s Charge de Affaires was issued a demarche in which a strong protest was lodged with regard to the activities of these officials of the High Commission of Pakistan against India’s national security.

Pakistan’s Cd’A was asked to ensure that no member of its diplomatic mission should indulge in activities inimical to India or behave in a manner incompatible with their diplomatic status.

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