New Delhi: A Pakistani national, allegedly engaged in spying for intelligence agencies of that country, has been arrested in New Delhi with police claiming to have recovered Defence-related documents and maps from him.

Ghulam Mustafa Qureshi alias Ali Hussain, hailing from Hassanpur in Rahimyar Khan district of Pakistan's Punjab province, was apprehended when he came to a cyber-cafe in Laxmi Nagar area in East Delhi yesterday (Jul 26, 2004) to send sensitive data to his mentors in Pakistan, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Special Cell) Ashok Chand said.

A document in a coded language, a paper containing secret codes, a hand-drawn site map of Delhi Cantonment area, a telephone directory of Defence establishment in Delhi Cantt, fake driving licenses, a diary containing phone numbers of Pakistan, Bangladeshi and Pakistani currency and a camera were recovered from him.

"He had been tasked to set a base in New Delhi and obtain information about Defence establishments in and around the city. He was later to go to Pokhran in Rajasthan and set up a base there," Chand said.

Son of a retired Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) of Pakistan Army and tailor by profession, Qureshi came in contact with an operative of Combined Military Intelligence of Pakistan who convinced him to spy against India, Chand said.

He was imparted training and then sent to Bangladesh from where he entered India last month.

Qureshi arrived in Delhi on June 29 and stayed in hotels and rented rooms, Chand said, adding he used ATM of Muslim Commercial Bank to get money for his operations.