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Two much accused were sentenced to imprisonment by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) peculiar tribunal successful the Pakistan-linked Visakhapatnam Navy spying case, connected Monday. So far, a full of 10 accused person been convicted by the court. The proceedings continues against the remaining 5 accused arrested by the NIA.
The 2 accused convicted are Somnath Sanjay Ikade of Ahmednagar territory successful Maharashtra, and Sonu Kumar of Hathras territory successful Uttar Pradesh. They were arrested successful December 2019 from Karwar successful Karnataka and Visakhapatnam respectively, according to the authoritative NIA release. Each of the accused has been sentenced to Simple Imprisonment (SI) of 5 years, 11 months and 15 days nether Section 18 of UA(P) Act and conception 3 of the Official Secrets Act. The Special Court astatine Visakhapatnam has besides imposed a good of ₹5,000 each connected the duo, who volition person to acquisition 1 twelvemonth further SI successful lawsuit of default successful outgo of the fine. The case, which NIA took implicit from the Counter Intelligence Police Station of the AP constabulary successful December 2019, relates to spying astatine captious installations and Indian Navy establishments by overseas spies/agents. In June 2020, the NIA had chargesheeted 14 accused persons, followed by a supplementary chargesheet against 1 much accused idiosyncratic successful March 2021. Investigations are ongoing arsenic portion of NIA’s efforts to exposure the afloat conspiracy down the espionage that was intended to disrupt India’s unity, integrity, information and sovereignty, the merchandise said.
