Indian-origin Ashley Tellis, 64, a US foreign policy expert who had access to top-secret information, has been arrested after accusations of illegally possessing classified national defense documents and reportedly holding multiple meetings with Chinese government officials, according to court documents seen by HT.

On October 13, he was charged in a Virginia district court with breaching federal laws concerning related to the retention of national defense information, according to a Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) criminal complaint and affidavit.

Who is Ashley Tellis?

Ashley Tellis, originally from Mumbai , completed his bachelor's and master's degrees from St. Xavier’s College, University of Bombay, prior to earning a Ph.D in political science at the University of Chicago. He

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