Former Kerala DGP Siby Mathews, who has been charged because the fourth accused within the CBI case associated to the conspiracy behind the 1994 ISRO espionage case, has stated that Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers have accused senior state police officers of ISRO. Pressurized to arrest scientist Nambi Narayanan. IG Raman Srivastava and others stated that “the matter pertains to the security of the nation and the condition of such persons will not hinder stern action against them”.
Mathews had made this declare in his bail software within the case registered by the CBI towards him and 17 different police and IB officers final month for implicating Nambi Narayanan in an espionage case. The bail software is anticipated to be heard within the district periods court docket on Wednesday.
Acting on the report of a committee, the Supreme Court had earlier directed the CBI to research officers of the state police and central businesses that probed the ISRO espionage case.
Mathews, who initially headed the state police group that probed the espionage case, stated officers of the Central Intelligence Branch (IB) and RAW had knowledgeable Kerala Police about suspicious actions of individuals accused within the espionage case.
“The then Thiruvananthapuram metropolis police commissioner had reported {that a} case was registered as per the instructions of the central businesses and Mariam Rashida was arrested based mostly on the directions of RB Sreekumar, the then deputy director of IB. That report additionally stated that Rashida and Fusia Hassan had hyperlinks with a senior ISRO scientist. When Fuchsia was interrogated, a spy community connecting Colombo, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Maldives was uncovered.
Referring to the allegation of custodial torture, Mathews stated when Nambi was repeatedly produced earlier than the court docket, no such allegation was made.
Mathews stated he had requested the then state police chief to suggest the Kerala authorities at hand over the probe to the CBI because the probe was unfold throughout a number of states and several other central authorities organisations. “If there was any conspiracy or dangerous religion on the a part of the petitioner, he shouldn’t have beneficial switch of investigation to some other company…. There is little question that the petitioner was taking all motion in respect of the instances with full confidence and he’s entitled to all safety underneath part 64(3) of the Kerala Police Act,” his bail plea said.
He stated the felony conspiracy fees towards him weren’t sustainable as he was handed over the investigation after the registration of the case and the arrest of Maryam Rashida. “Sharing information relating to a crime with central agencies and allowing them to interrogate the accused would not constitute a criminal conspiracy. The information given by the officials of the central agencies is treated as genuine unless it is later found to be negative by cognitive evidence,” he stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
