Espionage case: NIA arrests Sri Lankan national
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.
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