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Odisha man awarded life imprisonment for ISI links
By IANS |
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Thu, Feb 11 2021 18:33 IST |
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Bhubaneswar, Feb 11 : A local court in Odisha s Balasore on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to former contractual cameraman of Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) Ishwar Behera on charges of espionage.
Balasore Additional District Judge (ADJ) court convicted and awarded life imprisonment to Behera, former cameraman at DRDO s Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur for his links with Pakistan s intelligence agency ISI.
Behera was arrested in January 2015 for passing confidential information to ISI regarding testing of missiles at the ITR.
He was convicted under Sections 121, 121A and 120B of the IPC, and 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, informed Nalini Kumar Panda, public prosecutor.
Balasore Additional District Judge (ADJ) court convicted and awarded life imprisonment to Behera, former cameraman at DRDO s Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur for his links with Pakistan s intelligence agency ISI.Behe