The CBI has filed a petition in an NIA court here seeking its permission to interrogate a Sri Lankan national held for allegedly spying for Pakistan. “The CBI has sought court permission to interrogate Arun Selvarajan. They want to see if the accused had links with the LTTE while he was in Lanka,” C S S Pillai, Special Public Prosecutor for NIA, said. Meanwhile, a petition filed by the NIA seeking seven days’ custody of Selvarajan was taken up by judge of the designated NIA court M Moni on Tuesday and the accused was produced before him. When the judge asked Selvarajan about his view on the petition seeking custody, he said he was “ready to go to police custody”. The judge is expected to pronounce his order on Wednesday, the SPP added. Selvarajan, by posing as an event management professional, allegedly accessed vital installations like the Coast Guard and the Officers Training Academy in Chennai. He had allegedly worked at the behest of handlers at the Pakistan High Commission in Colombo. He was arrested on September 10 and remanded in judicial custody the following day.
