Bhopal: A Pakistani national and his two Indian associates have been sentenced to ten years rigorous imprisonment by a local court today on charge of spying for the neighbouring country. The Dispatch News Desk (DND) reported.
The court also imposed a collective fine of Rs 20,000 on the trio. The alleged Pakistani spy, identified as Imran Qureshi from Karachi, had rented a house in Mangalwara area and was sending secret information through internet and other means to Pakistan. Based on a tip-off, the local police arrested him in January 2008, the prosecution said.
Police carried out a search at his house and found a lot of objectionable documents from his possession. He was later taken into custody. Imran denied all charges, He was a resident of Kulsum Height, Gulshan Iqbal area of Karachi (Pakistan), the prosecution said.
The sentence was awarded by Additional Session Judge, P K Dwivedi under Passport Act’s section three, sections 467, 468 and 120B of the IPC and Section three of the Official Secrets Act.
