New Delhi, May 14 -- India on Tuesday expelled a staffer of the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi over his alleged links with two people from Punjab who were arrested this week on charges of involvement in espionage, people familiar with the matter said. A statement from the external affairs ministry said the government had declared the staffer of the Pakistani mission "persona non grata for indulging in activities not in keeping with his official status in India". The statement did not give further details of the matter. The staffer was asked to leave India within 24 hours, and the charge d'affaires of the Pakistan high commission, Saad Warraich, was issued a demarche or a formal diplomatic protest on this issue, the statement said. Punjab Police announced on May 11 that they had arrested two persons, including a woman, for alleged involvement in espionage activities linked to a Pakistani national posted at the high commission in NewDelhi. They were identified as Guzala and Yameen Mohamad, both residents of Malerkotla. The development came days after the Amritsar Rural Police arrested two persons - Falaksher Masih and Suraj Masih - for their alleged role in leaking sensitive information and photographs of the army cantonment areas and air bases to Pakistan's intelligence agency. As per information, Guzala , during interrogation, confessed to having shared confidential information about activities of the Indian Army with the official posted at Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, Yadav said. "Guzala further revealed that she was doing it in lieu of money and the accused official has sent her Rs.30,000 in two transactions via UPI (unified payment interface). A dayafter the Pahalgam terror attack of April 22 that killed 26 civilians, India announced a slew of punitive diplomatic and economic measures against Pakistan, including the expulsion of the three defence attaches posted at the Pakistan high commission and the whittling down of the total number of diplomatic staff posted in each other's capitals from 55 to 30....