Berlin, Germany: The German authorities have reportedly charging German citizen with espionage for passing confidential information to an Indian intelligence agency. The accused was arrested in February this year.

Federal prosecutors say the man, aged 58, identified only by the initials T.S.P. in line with German privacy laws, worked at a local government office dealing with immigrants in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Prosecutors said in a statement on Tuesday that the man used his access to government files to obtain and transmit information about Sikh activists and Indian opposition figures in Germany to the unidentified Indian agency.

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