In January 2019, according to the police, Sharma came in contact with another Kunming-based person called George, who “introduced himself as a general manager of a Chinese media company”. (File)
THE Delhi Police claimed on Saturday that Rajeev Sharma, a 61-year-old strategic affairs analyst and author whose arrest was announced by the Special Cell a day earlier, had passed on information such as deployment of Indian troops on the border to Chinese intelligence officers.
It also said it had arrested two more in connection with the Official Secrets Act (OSA) case, a 30- year-old Chinese woman and her “Nepalese accomplice”, for allegedly “supplying him (Sharma) huge amounts of money routed through hawalachannels for conveying sensitive information to Chinese intelligence”.
The police claimed shell companies had been set up overseas to route money to Sharma. At a press conference, DCP (Special Cell) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav said a case had been filed under the OSA on September 13, and Sharma was arrested the next day.
“During the search of Sharma's house, one laptop, some confidential documents related to the defence department and other incriminating documents were recovered.” Qing Shi, the Chinese…
