New Delhi journalist caught spying for Pak

New Delhi, May 23: The Delhi police has arrested a city-based freelance journalist on charges of passing on highly confidential documents to Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence through her Nepal-based husband, police sources said here on Tuesday.

Ruchi Singh, who wrote for Hindi newspapers, was arrested on Friday by sleuths of the counter-espionage section of the city police following a tip-off from the Intelligence Bureau.

Several documents were allegedly seized from Singh against whom police have registered a case under the Official Secrets Act at the Janakpuri police station, they said.

Singh, who was remanded to police custody by a city court, is presently being interrogated by joint teams of the special branch, RAW and IB. She allegedly used to pass on documents obtained from some senior police and other officials to her Nepal-based husband, M Shah, who in turn forwarded them to his ISI contacts.
 

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