New Delhi police have arrested a veteran Indian journalist on suspicion of spying for China, as the two countries are locked in a military stand-off over their disputed Himalayan border.
Rajeev Sharma, who primarily wrote on foreign and strategic affairs, was a regular contributor to several Indian news outlets, and was also wrote occasionally for Global Times, the Chinese government-owned nationalist tabloid.
In a press briefing on Saturday, Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, deputy commissioner of the New Delhi police, said Mr Sharma was being held on suspicion of violating India’s colonial-era Official Secrets Act, a broad anti-espionage law that makes sharing secret government information punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
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