India, Dec. 11 -- Two persons from Jammu & Kashmir were arrested on charges of espionage and alleged links to Pakistan-based handlers, Arunachal Pradesh Police said on Wednesday.

The arrest was made after one of them was allegedly found collecting and transmitting sensitive military information related to army and paramilitary movements in the state.

According to a first information report (FIR) filed by the officer-in-charge of Chimpu police station, the first suspect, identified as Nazir Ahmad Malik, a resident of Kupwara district, was detained on November 22 from a rented house in Ganga village following "credible and actionable" intelligence inputs about his activities.

According to police, Malik admitted to sharing troop deploymen...