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Berlin: Indian man charged with spying on Sikh organization in Germany

By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

March 25, 2014

Berlin, Germany (March 25, 2014): As per media reports federal prosecutors say they have charged a 45-year-old Indian man with spying for his country in Germany.

The man, identified only as Ranjit S. in accordance with German privacy laws, is accused of spying on members of a Sikh organization in Germany in early 2013, prosecutors said in a statement Monday (March 24). He then passed on information to “an Indian secret service” and was paid for his information, the prosecutors said without providing any further details.

Prosecutors say the suspect was charged in Koblenz in February.