The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested prominent foreign policy scholar Ashley J Tellis on the charges of unlawfully retaining highly classified national defence information.

Tellis, widely regarded as one of the most influential voices on US–India relations, was accused of mishandling top secret documents from the Pentagon’s Office of Net Assessment, where he once worked as a contractor.

According to a criminal complaint unsealed by the US Department of Justice (DoJ), FBI agents seized over 1,000 pages of classified material from Tellis’ residence in Vienna, Virginia, including documents marked "Top Secret" and "Secret".

It was alleged that Tellis “knowingly removed and retained” sensitive material related to US military aircraft and defence planning without authoris

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