Pak espionage case: SP MP Munabbar Saleem's PA detained

October 29, 2016 12:16

Personal assistant of Samajwadi Party's Rajya Sabha MP Munabbar Saleem has been detained by Delhi Police in connection with the espionage racket in which a Pakistan high commission staffer was expelled from the country and three persons were arrested.

Farhat, the PA of SP's Rajya Sabha MP was detained last night, said a senior Crime Branch officer, adding his interrogation is underway.

Delhi Police is also trying to nab other members of the racket who, it believes, were in close contact with Pakistan high commission staffer Mehmood Akhtar who was caught receiving secret documents in New Delhi on October 26.

Two others, Maulana Ramzan and Subhash Jangir, residents of Nagaur, Rajasthan, were held along with Akhtar. Another accused Sohaib was detained in Jodhpur and brought to Delhi by the police where he was arrested.

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