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The peculiar tribunal for National Investigation Agency (NIA) cases has sentenced 2 much accused to elemental imprisonment, on with a fine, successful the Pakistan-linked Visakhapatnam Navy espionage case.
According to an authoritative release, Ashok Kumar of Jhunjhunu territory and Vikas Kumar of Alwar territory of Rajasthan were awarded a elemental imprisonment of 5 years and 11 months nether each of Section 18 of UA(P) Act and Section 3 of Official Secrets Act. They volition besides service an further elemental imprisonment of 1 twelvemonth successful the lawsuit of default of outgo of ₹5,000 arsenic fine.
With this, the NIA has succeeded successful getting the condemnation of 8 of the 15 accused arrested successful the case. Ashok and Vikas were arrested successful Mumbai and Karwar of Karnataka respectively, successful December 2019. The NIA, successful June 2020, chargesheeted 14 accused, and filed a supplementary chargesheet against 1 much accused successful March 2021.
Of the 15 accused who were arrested 8 person been convicted truthful far. The proceedings against the different accused is inactive successful progress, the merchandise said.
The NIA took implicit the lawsuit relating to spying astatine captious installations and Indian Navy establishments by overseas agents from the Counter-Intelligence Cell of Andhra Pradesh State Intelligence Department successful December 2019.
