NIA files charge sheet against Pakistani intelligence officer

CHENNAI: The NIA has filed a charge sheet against Pakistani intelligence officer Amir Zubair Siddique for allegedly conspiring to wage a war against India when he was posted in Sri Lanka in 2014, an official statement said today.

He has been accused of hatching a conspiracy to cause explosions at the American consulate in Chennai, the Israeli consulate in Bengaluru, the Electronic City in Bengaluru and various other places of public congregation in south India, it said.

Siddique was working in the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo as visa counsellor when the case was registered in 2014.

Besides Siddique, two Chennai residents — Balasubramanian alias Balan and Noorudeen alias Rafi — have also been chargesheeted in the case for circulating high quality fake Indian counterfeit notes and causing damage to the economic security of the country, the NIA statement said. (AGENCIES)

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