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| Pakistan High Commission driver charged of spying will leave India Friday |
| 2006-10-26 |
| Mohammed Farooq, a driver in the Pakistani High Commission in India, who was declared persona non grata by New Delhi for his alleged involvement in espionage, will leave for Islamabad Friday, Pakistan's Deputy High Commissioner Afrasiab said Wednesday. Talking to news agency Indo-Asian News Agency at Delhi, Afrasiab protested India's charge that Farooq was found indulging in activities "incompatible" with his status. "The Pakistani official was only distributing sweets to friends of Pakistan on the eve of Diwali last Friday when he was detained and mistreated by the Delhi police," he said. But the Delhi Police claimed that they had detained Farooq when he was taking classified defence documents from an Indian soldiers last Friday. Farooq was later relased and handed back to the Pakistan High Commission at Delhi. India Tuesday declared Farooq persona non grata and asked him to leave the country by this Friday. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |