ISRO espionage case: CBI files charges against 5 ex-policemen who conspired to frame Nambi Narayanan
The central agency began investigating the wrongful arrest of the space scientist after a Supreme Court order in April 2021.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against five former police officers who allegedly conspired to frame former Indian Space Research Organisation scientist Nambi Narayanan in an espionage case, PTI reported on Friday, quoting unidentified officials.
The chargesheet names two former director generals of police, Siby Mathews of Kerala and RB Sreekumar from Gujarat, as well as former Intelligence Bureau officer PS Jayaprakash, former Deputy Superintendent of Police KK Joshua and police inspector S Vijayan.
The central agency had begun its investigation into the wrongful arrest of Narayanan and others after a Supreme Court order in April 2021. The order was based on a report filed by a three-member committee led by retired Judge DK Jain.
The court had tasked Jain with an investigation into the officials responsible for falsely implicating the prominent space scientist.
The latest chargesheet filed by the central agency invoked provisions of the Indian Penal Code related to criminal conspiracy (section 120B), wrongful confinement (section 342), voluntarily causing hurt to extract confession (section 330), creating fake documents (section 167), fabricating evidence (section 193)and criminal assault on women (section 354), PTI reported.
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