HP Govt steps up Dalai Lama security after Chinese spy arrest

  • | Sunday | 23rd August, 2020

Though the Dalai Lama gave up his political role in 2011, Dharamshala continues to be the nerve centre of Tibetan activities, closely watched by the Chinese regime.

The recent arrest of Charlie Peng, Chinese spy in New Delhi has brought Tibetans on high alert. The security of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama has been beefed up by the Himachal Pradesh government.

State director general of police Sanjay Kundu said on Saturday that the police are probing the Himachal links of Peng, 42, who is accused of a ?1,000 crore hawala racket and allegedly bribing Tibetan monks living in Majnu-Ka-Tila, a Tibetan settlement in Delhi, to gather information on the Dalai Lama and his aides.

“The police are probing the links of the recently arrested Chinese man in Delhi with Himachal. Though the Dalai Lama has avoided moving out of his residence amid the Covid-19 pandemic, we have put his security on high alert and all necessary measures have been taken,” the DGP said.

The Dalai Lama, 85, has a three-tier security.

Though the Dalai Lama gave up his political role in 2011, Dharamshala continues to be the nerve centre of Tibetan activities, closely watched by the Chinese regime.

In the past 16 years, eight Chinese travellers have been caught for suspicious activities. They were arrested for travelling without valid documents. Few were held based on information from Indian intelligence agencies and others on tip-offs from the central Tibetan administration’s security department.


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