Charges framed against Madhuri
New Delhi: A city court on Saturday framed charges against former Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta for allegedly
passing on sensitive information to Pakistan’s ISI.
Additional sessions judge Pawan Kumar Jain charged Gupta for breach of trust,
criminal conspiracy and various other provisions of the Official Secrets Act. She has been charged under Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act
for spying and also Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code for criminal conspiracy. The court fixed March 22 for starting the trial.
Gupta, 53,
posted as Second Secretary (Press and Information) at the Indian high commission in Islamabad, was arrested on April 22, 2010 by the Special Cell of
Delhi police for passing on sensitive information pertaining to defence to Pakistan’s ISI.
The prosecution has alleged that Gupta
revealed certain classified information to Pakistani officials and was in touch with two ISI officials, Mubshar Raza Rana and Jamshed. According to
the chargesheet filed in July 2010 by the Delhi police, Gupta was in a relationship with Jamshed, who had a code name “Jim”, and planned
to marry him.
The diplomat was using a computer installed at her residence in Islamabad and a BlackBerry phone to be in touch with the two
Pakistani spies, the chargesheet said.
Gupta is also alleged to have visited Jammu and Kashmir in March 2010 on the instructions of Rana to
allegedly procure the Annual Plan Report of the state.
[Asian Age]
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