India police arrest local journalist alleged to be spying for China

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Police arrested a local journalist alleging spying for China

NEW DELHI: Police in India's capital city on Saturday said they had arrested a local freelance journalist on allegations he was passing"sensitive information" to Chinese intelligence officers.

The Chinese foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment outside regular business hours. "On interrogation, Rajeev Sharma has disclosed his involvement in procurement of secret/sensitive information and further conveying the same to his Chinese handlers," Delhi's Deputy Commissioner of Police Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said in the statement.The arrest comes amid heightened tensions between India and China at their border in the Himalayan region. The relationship between the neighbours has worsened since a clash in June that India says of 20 of its troops were killed.

The police said Sharma was tasked with providing information on India-China boundary issues and other matters in recent years.

 

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