March 29, 2024 18:36 (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
PM Modi to kickstart BJP's Lok Sabha poll campaign from Meerut | Kangana Ranaut in Mandi: 'Don't think I am a heroine, consider me as your sister and daughter' | Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav demand high-level probe into Mukhtar Ansari's death | PM Modi has mastered art of manipulating democracy, hurting Constitution: Mallikarjun Kharge | Mafia-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari dies of cardiac arrest at 63

Espionage case: NIA arrests Sri Lankan national

India Blooms News Service | | 10 Sep 2014, 11:40 pm
New Delhi, Sept 10 (IBNS) The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday said it has arrested a Sri Lankan national in connection with an alleged espionage case.

The arrested Sri Lankan national was identified as  Arun Selvarajan.

"Today i.e., 10.09.2014 the National Investigation Agency arrested one Arun Selvarajan, a Sri Lankan  National for his involvement in RC.No.03/2013/NIA/Hyderabad (Thameem Ansari Case), who has been indulging in espionage activities  at  the instigation of  a neighbouring country. He is found in possession of two passports i.e., from Sri Lanka
and India," the NIA said in a statement.

"He is learnt to have gained access to certain vital installations  in the  guise of  managing events. He was passing on  information  using  internet communication  tools. Incriminating evidence has been seized  from him which is under scrutiny. He also has criminal cases pending in  Sri Lanka against him along with a look out circular," it said.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
Related Images
PM Modi in Bhutan 22 Mar 2024, 06:53 pm
PM Modi in Tamil Nadu 28 Feb 2024, 07:07 pm