Chandigarh, May 21 -- A senior Punjab Police officer probing the espionage case in which a Malerkotla resident Guzala has been arrested said that the investigations have revealed that the woman and Pakistan High Commission officer Danish alias Ehsan-ur-Rahim acted as "more than a friend."

Danish, who has been declared persona non grata by India, was in the thick of running a spying web in India and the police probe in the Malerkotla case has revealed that he used to lure the persons by offering help in securing Pakistan visas and then would cultivate them as his espionage assets.

In the case of Guzala, the Punjab Police investigation has revealed that Danish used to 'honey-trap' women to create them as espionage assets.

According to a ...