Pakistan has withdrawn its official from its High Commission in Colombo following an allegation against him that he was involved in conspiracy to target the US and Israel consulates in south India at ISI's behest.

Counselor (Visa) Amir Zubair Siddiqui had been withdrawn even before NIA's request under Mutual Assistance Legal Treaty (MLAT) reached Colombo as his presence had become untenable to his diplomatic duties, officials here said.

However the High Commission of Pakistan is yet to make a comment regarding the matter.

Zaheed Hussain a resident of Kandy, Sri Lanka, who was arrested a week before the twin explosions aboard a train at Chennai's Central railway station on May 1 made startling revelations about Pakistani plans to direct terror in south India.

The NIA dossier, based on Hussain's revelations, has been shared with the agency's Sri Lankan counterpart.

The Pakistani official was then identified in the NIA dossier as Amir Zubair Siddiqui. According to sources Siddiqui has been posted at the Pakistan high commission in Sri Lanka since 2008.

The NIA agent has shared information to international media on the condition that his name would not be disclosed.

The NIA agent has told international media "Hussain told us that Siddiqui asked him to recruit people in Tamil Nadu and Kerala and target the US and Israeli consulates."

According to Hussain a man in Malaysia was the financial brains behind the operation. (With inputs from Outlook India)