India | Posted on Nov 15, 2009 at 11:00pm IST

Pak national arrested on espionage charge

Press Trust Of India

New Delhi: A Pakistan national has been arrested by security agencies from the Indira Gandhi International airport here for spying on Indian defence secrets.

"One Pakistani spy was arrested at the IGI airport on Saturday," Union Home Secretary G K Pillai told PTI.

He said the foreign national was arrested for spying for Pakistan government and passing on defence secrets. Further investigations in the case are on, Pillai said.

Asked if the arrest had any connection with the on going investigations into the trails of terror suspect David Headley arrested by FBI or his co-accused Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian of Pakistan origin, Pillai said it did not have any connection with the probe.

Official sources said security agencies have seized some documents and photographs from him.

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