A prominent Indian-origin scholar, Ashley Tellis, who was arrested by the FBI in the United States over allegations of retaining classified documents and meeting with Chinese officials, is now denying the charges against him, his lawyers said on Wednesday, according to AFP. Ashley Tellis, 64, who held senior positions under former president George W. Bush and continued as an unpaid advisor to the State Department, was arrested on Saturday and faces up to 10 years in prison. "Ashley J. Tellis is a widely respected scholar and senior policy advisor," his lawyers, Deborah Curtis and John Nassikas, said in a statement. "We will be vigorously contesting the allegations brought against him, specifically any insinuation of his operating on behalf of a foreign adversary," they said.

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