Indian soldier jailed for leaking info to Pakistan

NEW DELHI (NNI) - An Indian court has awarded 7-year impression to a soldier for leaking information to Pakistan. A Delhi court has sentenced an Indian army official to 7- year jail for allegedly playing the role of a double agent for Pakistans intelligence and supplying sensitive defence-related information to the neighbouring country, Indian media reported on Sunday. District and additional sessions judge of Delhi High Court OP Gupta jailed Anil Kumar Dubey, 39, convicting him under Section 3 of the Official Secrets Indian Act for passing on secret information to Pakistan about the movement and deployment of army troops in India. According to the prosecution, the special cell of Delhi police had arrested Dubey from his home at Mahipalpur on October 20, 2006 on a tip-off that allegedly a Pakistani High Commissions employee would be visiting him to procure some sensitive information. Police caught Dubey while he was handing over a bag, containing some CDs and other documents, including some notifications pertaining to armys anti-insurgency operations, to the alleged Pakistani High Commissions employee, M Farooq. Raids at Dubeys house led to recovery of three cheque books, two of which belonged to Farooq and one to Shamshad Hussain, another alleged Pakistani Embassy official.

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