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Indian Diplomat Charged With Spying for Pakistan

   VOA News 20 July 2010
   Indian  Foreign  Service  (IFS)  officer Madhuri Gupta (R) is escorted
   after  making  an  appearance  at  Tis Hazari Court in New Delhi (file
   photo - 1 May 2010)

Photo: AFP

   Indian  Foreign  Service  (IFS)  officer Madhuri Gupta (R) is escorted
   after  making  an  appearance  at  Tis Hazari Court in New Delhi (file
   photo - 1 May 2010)

   An  Indian  diplomat has been formally charged with spying for India's
   longtime rival Pakistan.
   Officials  say  Madhuri  Gupta  was charged Tuesday under the Official
   Secrets  Act.  She is alleged to have passed classified information to
   Pakistan's intelligence agency.
   The  53-year-old  junior  diplomat worked at the press and information
   wing  of  the  Indian  embassy in Islamabad for three years. Gupta was
   taken  into  custody  in April after being called back to New Delhi on
   the pretext of consultations.
   Tensions  run  deep  between  India  and  Pakistan, whose dispute over
   Kashmir has led to decades of hostility and triggered three wars.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP.

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