Ex-diplomat Madhuri Gupta gets 3 years jail for spying for Pakistan
New Delhi, May 20 (IBNS): Former diplomat Madhuri Gupta has been sentenced to three-year imprisonment by a Delhi court for spying and passing on sensitive information to Pakistan's ISI.
Gupta was the Second Secretary (Press & Information) at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad.
She was arrested on April 22, 2010 by the special cell of the Delhi Police.
On Saturday, the court gave her the maximum sentence for offenses related to spying.
She has been convicted under Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act.
However the court has granted her bail to allow to appeal against the conviction and the sentence.
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