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An Indian national working at the country's embassy in Moscow has been arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police for allegedly spying for ISI, an official statement on Sunday said. The Meerut field unit of UP's Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) cSatendra Siwal, who served as the IBSA (India Based Security Assistant) at the Indian Embassy in Moscow since 2021, for questioning, the statement revealed.

The ATS said that he was providing important confidential information regarding the strategic activities of the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry of External Affairs, and the Indian military establishments for money.

Siwal, a resident of Shahmahiuddinpur village in Hapur, could not give satisfactory answers and confessed to his crime during the interrogation, it said.

He was arrested after an FIR was registered against him at ATS police station, Lucknow, under Section 121A of the IPC (waging war against the country) and the Official Secrets Act, 1923, the statement said.

The ATS in its probe through electronic and physical surveillance found that he was involved in anti-India activities with the network of the ISI handlers, it said.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said it is aware of Siwal's arrest and working with the investigative authorities in this case.