India, May 19 -- Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force arrested a man in Moradabad for allegedly spying for Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence. The accused is a resident of Tanda in UP's Rampur district.

The man, identified as Shahzad, was arrested after there were reports of him being involved in cross-border smuggling and spying as an agent for ISI, PTI reported.

Shahzad had allegedly been passing sensitive information related to national security to his handlers in Pakistan, said the Special Task Force. He had travelled to Pakistan on several occasions.

He was also allegedly involved in the smuggling of items such as cosmetics, clothes, spices, and others across the border, the report added.

Apart from passing on intelligence to ISI...