An Indian couple accused of spying on Germany’s Sikh community and Kashmir movement has been charged with espionage, German prosecutors announced on Tuesday.
They named the suspects only as 50-year-old Manmohan S. and his wife Kanwal Jit K., 51, in keeping with German privacy rules, TheHindu reported.
“Manmohan S. agreed by January 2015 at the latest to provide information about Germany’s Sikh community and Kashmir movement and their relatives to an employee of the Indian foreign intelligence service Research & Analysis Wing,” they said.
His wife joined him in monthly meetings with the Indian intelligence officer between July and December 2017, and in total the couple were paid €7,200 ($8,100) for their work.
