A deafening silence has gripped the diplomatic corps after it became known that Madhuri Gupta, a second secretary in the press and information wing, was passing on information to Pakistan spy agencies. “It is scary,” said a worried official who had known the diplomat in the Indian high commission in Islamabad.

When asked more about her, the official told journalists in Thimphu to Google-check. Indian diplomats will have to zip their lips and be careful what to speak where, particulary within the fraternity that is often seen as one large family, he said.