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India has arrested 11 Indians on charges of spying for Pakistan, local media reported, citing police.

NDTV reported on Monday that authorities have arrested nine “spies” from the northern states of Haryana, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

Punjab’s Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said on Monday that police have arrested two people “involved in leaking sensitive military information”.

He said police have received “credible intelligence” that the two men were involved in exchanging secret information related to New Delhi’s attack deep inside Pakistani territory on the night of May 6-7.

Yadav added that initial investigations have shown that they were in “direct contact” with operators of Pakistan’s intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and “passed on important information about the Indian armed forces”.

In Haryana, police arrested a travel blogger on the same charges last week.

The accused woman had travelled to Pakistan at least twice and was in contact with an official at the country’s embassy, ​​local media reported, citing police.

Others arrested include a student, a security guard and a businessman.

India Today reported the arrest of 11 people.

It said the accused were “lured into the spy network through social media, financial inducements, false promises, messaging apps and personal trips to Pakistan”.

The arrests come after the worst outbreak of violence between the nuclear-armed rivals since the last open conflict between Pakistan and India in 1999.

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