Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Office has lodged a protest with the Indian High Commission alleging harassment of the domestic help of one of its senior diplomats in New Delhi by the Indian police.
A press release by the Pakistan Foreign Office in Islamabad on Wednesday night claimed Nadeem, the domestic help of Moazzam Khan, a Counsellor in the Pakistan High Commission was harrassed by Indian intelligence agents in a South Delhi market on October 30.
"A police party in the market first alleged that Nadeem was carrying counterfeit Indian currency. However, under public pressure, the police retracted the allegation," the release claimed.
Counsellor Moazzam Khan was pushed and insulted by the Indian police when he reached the scene to rescue his servant.
"Nadeem was taken to a police station from where he was released after sometime," the press release alleged.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the Counsellor Political of the Indian High Commission on October 31 and lodged a strong protest over this incident.
The Indian Deputy High Commissioner T.C.A. Raghavan called Pakistan's Director General South Asia for Foreign Affairs Ministry and assured him that the matter would be looked into.
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