India, Oct. 4 -- The arrest of Wasim Akram, a civil engineer from Haryana, has blown open another case of corruption and misuse of the Pakistan High Commission's visa desk for espionage purposes.

Akram, a resident of Haryana's Palwal, was arrested on Tuesday under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Samhita (BNS) and the Official Secrets Act (OSA). He allegedly worked as a data supplier for Pakistan High Commission official Jaffar alias Muzammil Hussain, sources told HT.

He met with the high commission official when he applied for a visa to travel to Pakistan to visit his relatives in Kasur. The visa application was initially denied but later granted after the civil engineer paid a bribe of Rs.20,000. After that, Akram travelled to ...