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Berlin, Apr 10: An Indian married couple has been charged with espionage for spying on Germany's Sikh community and Kashmir movement, German prosecutors said on Tuesday.

Fifty-year-old Manmohan S and his wife Kanwal Jit K, 51, were named as the suspects. More details about the suspects were not announced as it is against German privacy rules for defendants.

"Manmohan S agreed by January 2015 at the latest to provide information about Germany's Sikh community and Kashmir movement and their relatives to an employee of the Indian foreign Intelligence Service Research & Analysis Wing," they said in a statement.

As reported in AFP, it is said that his wife joined him in monthly meetings with the Indian intelligence officer between July and December 2017 and the couple were paid 7,200 euros (USD 8,100) for their work.

The charges were laid on March 28 but only publicised Tuesday by the federal prosecution service in the city of Karlsruhe.