India, May 29 -- A 20-year-old college dropout, Abhishek Bhardwaj, was arrested at Sukahar in Dehra sub division of Kangra district on suspicion of spying after sensitive and objectionable content was found on his mobile phone, police said on Thursday.

Acting on a tip-off that he had been providing intelligence information to Pakistan, the police had been monitoring Abhishek's activities over the past few days before they arrested him from his house on Wednesday. He was interrogated at the Dehra police station and booked under Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for acts endangering sovereignty, unity and integrity of India.

Dehra superintendent of police (SP) Mayank Chaudhary said: "After we got an input about Abhishek's a...