The Delhi Police on Saturday said that freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma, arrested in an Official Secrets Act case, was allegedly passing on information about the Indian Army’s deployment and the country’s border strategy to Chinese intelligence, PTI reported.
The police added that a Chinese woman and her Nepalese associate have also been arrested for allegedly paying Sharma large amounts of money routed through shell companies for giving sensitive information, according to ANI. Sharma was arrested on Monday by the Special Cell of the Delhi Police and found to be in possession of defence-related classified documents. A day later, he was produced before a court and sent to six-day police custody.
“Scribe Rajeev Sharma held for giving information to Chinese got Rs 40 lakh in one-and-a-half years,” the Delhi Police said in a statement, ANI reported. “He was getting…