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2019-12-13 Europe
Indian couple sentenced for spying on Germany's Sikhs, Kashmiris
[DAWN] A married Indian couple living in Moenchengladbach were sentenced by a German court on Thursday after admitting to spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities for the Indian secret service.

The couple, who are identified only by their first name and initials according to German law, admitted to having passed on information to intelligence services in a trial which began last month.

Manmohan S. was handed a suspended prison sentence of 18 months for acting as a foreign intelligence agent, while his wife Kanwal Jit K. was fined 180 days' wages for aiding him.

According to a court statement, S. was recruited by the Indian foreign intelligence agency Research & Analysis Wing (RAW
... India's Research and Analysis Wing, Pakistain's equivalent of the Boogie Man...
) at the beginning of 2015, and asked to spy on the Kashmiri opposition movement.

An insurgency against Indian rule has been waged since 1989 in occupied Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
, claiming tens of thousands of lives.

"The accused reported on the internal affairs of the Sikh temples in Cologne
...the largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia and the fourth populated city in Germany....
and Frankfurt, as well as on protest events in the Sikh community," the statement said.

The 51-year-old was paid 200 euros ($223) a month for the information he provided, and attended regular meetings with an Indian intelligence officer from July 2017.
Posted by Fred 2019-12-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ]  Top

#1  The accused reported on the internal affairs of the Sikh temples in Cologne...

"Pssst... Mike Sierra calling Base. The lentils were over salted today. Oh... and Dhillon's daughter Pinky Kaur eloped with a negro. Over n' Out."

Posted by Dron66046 2019-12-13 05:42||   2019-12-13 05:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Guy did time in an Indian jail. Was active in Khalastani causes and had to flee India. Became an informer.
Posted by John Frum 2019-12-13 07:50||   2019-12-13 07:50|| Front Page Top

#3 As I've said before, R&AW are cheapos. They'll disavow the poor fools now.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-12-13 07:53||   2019-12-13 07:53|| Front Page Top

#4 Wikipedia:

Khalistan movement is a Sikh separatist movement seeking to create a separate country called Khalistān in the Punjab region as a homeland for Sikhs.

Now we know. Thank you, John.
Posted by trailing wife 2019-12-13 10:58||   2019-12-13 10:58|| Front Page Top

#5  "A skilful person capable of guessing the mind of others is a fraudulent disciple. Having encouraged such a spy with honour and money rewards, the minister shall tell him, Sworn to the king and myself, thou shalt inform us of whatever wickedness thou findest in others." - The Arthashastra. By Kautilya. Book I. Chapter XI - The Institution of Spies. 4th Century BC.
Posted by John Frum 2019-12-13 18:26||   2019-12-13 18:26|| Front Page Top

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