NEW DELHI: As Indian intelligence agencies continue to grill 53-year-old diplomat Madhuri Gupta for allegedly spying for Pakistan, officials on Wednesday expressed confidence that there was remote possibility of her passing any defence documents to her handlers. "She may have been passing some sensitive information, but there is hardly any chance of her passing any super-sensitive information keeping in view the nature and stature of her job in the Indian High Commission in Islamabad," a senior official told Daily Times.
She was arrested six days ago after being called back from Islamabad where she was posted as the second secretary.
Security agencies were also investigating the role of a Kashmiri couple residing in the border district of Rajouri, who was in regular contact with Gupta through e-mail and telephone. A special cell team has been dispatched to Rajouri for investigations. Two officers of the army and those of external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing have also come under the scanner as they had been visiting the couple frequently.
Gupta is said to have been under surveillance of the Indian security agencies for about four months before it was decided that she should be arrested.
Security agencies briefed senior officials of the Ministry of External Affairs about her alleged activities in Pakistan. They said that the information she had been sharing with a man called 'Rana' related to policy matters and movement of Indian officials.