Madhuri Gupta Sent to Judicial Custody till May 15
Indian diplomat-turned-Pakistani spy Madhuri Gupta has been sent to 14 days in judicial custody, said media reports.
As her police custody ended today, Madhuri was produced in the Tis Hazari court in Delhi a short while earlier, reports said.
In the court, the police sought her custody but the court declined it and sent her to jail till May 15, said reports.
She was booked under sections 3, 6, and 5 of the Official Secrets Act and charged with disclosing significant information to enemy country, said reports.
Under theses offences, the maximum punishment is 14 years of imprisonment.
Madhuri was arrested last week for allegedly passing information to ISI and during the investigation she said that she didn’t do this for money but for teaching the IFS a lesson as ISI agent Rana was her friend.
Police are going through her bank accounts in both countries to verify her claim, reports said.
She claimed that ISI agent Rana was not her only handler and that a man named Jamshed was also in close touch with her.
It may be mentioned that Rana and Jamshed both reportedly tried tap her through two Pakistani journalists before 2007 but finally succeeded towards the end of 2008.
According to reports, her confessions will be shared with the Ministry of External Affairs to verify importance of the information she passed on.
Her computer records will also be examined.
(Based on media reports)
