The embassy trade representative reportedly received secret information from Norwegian citizen Harsharn Singh Tathgar. The two men were taken by suprise by police during a meeting in a cafe in Oslo.
Tathgar originally comes from India and has since 2012 been employed in the energy division of DNV GL.
His field of work is within 3D printing.
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He is now put in custody for four weeks charged with violations of Articles 123 and 124 in the Norwegian criminal code, which implies that he has conducted grave disclosure of state secrets.
Dramatic detention
The arrest of Tathgar was made as he met with the Russian agent at a restaurant in Oslo. Guests at the place have told newspaper VG that the detention was followed by a dispute between the police officers and the Russian diplomat.
The police representatives demanded that the Russian gives them his briefcase. But he rejected and the police subsequently took it with force.
The restaurant guests told VG that the police officers whispered to Tathgar and the diplomat requesting them to cooperate. They reportedly also said “Where did you hide it?”.
Under normal circumstances, diplomatic immunity disallows the police to look through personal belongings of foreign embassy employees.
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