Odisha man will get lifer for spying, sharing defence secrets and techniques with Pakistan’s ISI
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By Express News Service
BALASORE: The Additional District and Sessions Court of Balasore on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to a videographer who was arrested on prices of spying six years in the past.
Judge Girija Prasad Mohapatra convicted Iswar Chandra Behera below sections of 121 (A) (Waging, or making an attempt to wage conflict, or abetting waging of conflict, in opposition to the Government of India), 120 (B) (legal conspiracy), and Sections 3, 4, 5 of Official Secrets Act, 1923. The court docket additionally directed him to pay a nice of Rs 10,000.
A former contractual worker of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Behera was arrested on January 23, 2015, by a particular workforce of police following a joint investigation by the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and State Intelligence Wing for over 10 months.
He was picked up from Balasore after which taken to his Kantipur residence from the place police seized two cell telephones, a pc, one onerous disc, pen drives, financial institution passbooks, checking account statements, and a UPS.
According to the prosecution, Behera had acquired cash from Abu Dhabi, Meerut, Mumbai, Bihar, and Andhra Pradesh for allegedly sharing defence secrecy and details about testing of missiles and important defence installations positioned in Chandipur and Kalam Island. Police had retrieved an audio clipping of his dialog with the suspected ISI brokers.
A graduate from Remuna College, Behera had joined the Integrated Test Range (ITR) with a month-to-month wage of Rs 8,000 in August 2007 and was working as a contractual videographer within the CCTV part of the management tower.
Behera had initially denied his hyperlinks however later confessed to sharing info and movies from the check vary. He was in touch with suspected ISI brokers and had acquired Rs 35,000 in six installments between December 2013 and December 2014.
