ISLAMABAD: Pakistani authorities on Monday evening released two Indian officials allegedly involved in a car accident after which they were briefly detained in Islamabad, Pakistani officials said.
The staffers, who both arrived in Pakistan in 2017, were identified as Dwimu Brahma and Paul Selvadhas, according to a letter from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two officials are non-diplomats, the foreign office said.
“A case has been filed against two Indian High Commission officials for their involvement in a road accident,” Inspector Naeem Iqbal, a police spokesman, told Arab News. “Both the officials were released after a brief detention.”
Indian media reported on Monday morning that two Indian High Commission officials had gone missing in Islamabad while out on official work. Islamabad Police arrested the two Indian officials in a hit and run case on Monday morning, Pakistani police said, in an incident in which a pedestrian was injured while the drivers tried to flee.
According to Pakistani police, the pedestrian was critically injured and shifted to a hospital for treatment. A huge crowd of people stopped the car and handed over the two men to Islamabad Police, where they were identified as officials of the high commission.
Indian media reported the arrest of the officials as a reciprocal action by Islamabad for New Delhi expelling two officials of the Pakistani High Commission in Delhi over accusations of espionage. Pakistan has rejected the charge as “false and unsubstantiated.”
