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ITANAGAR: Two men from Jammu and Kashmir were arrested in Arunachal Pradesh on espionage charges, police said on Thursday.

Those arrested were identified as Nazir Ahmad Malik and Sabir Ahmed Mir, both natives of Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, they said.

On the basis of intelligence inputs, Nazir was arrested from a rented house in Ganga village in the Chimpu police station area of Itanagar on November 22, they added.

During interrogation, Nazir admitted to sharing deployment details of the Army and paramilitary forces and information on military installations to Pakistani handlers through Telegram, police claimed.

He also disclosed receiving instructions to place explosives and carry out arson, targeting security establishments, they claimed.

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