ED arrests freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma in money laundering case

The ED said its probe found that Rajeev Sharma "had supplied confidential and sensitive information to Chinese intelligence officers, in exchange for remuneration."

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday arrested a freelance journalist in connection with a money laundering case involving alleged leak of sensitive information to Chinese intelligence. Freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma was charged under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and produced before a Delhi court on Friday. He has been remanded to ED custody for seven days.