Nambi Narayanan: This case of espionage in ISRO was associated to allegations of passing of some confidential paperwork on the Indian area program to different nations. Scientist Nambi Narayanan was arrested in November 1994 together with different ISRO scientists and a few others. Later, the CBI in its investigation had stated that he was falsely implicated. In June final yr, Kerala Police has registered a case towards 18 staff on this case.
Kochi/Thiruvananthapuram: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday opposed within the Kerala High Court the bail purposes of two former Kerala Police officers concerned within the arrest of former ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan in a 1994 espionage case, saying that Both implicated the scientist in a ‘concoction’ that delayed India’s cryogenic expertise improvement.
The CBI stated that there are instances of offenses of significant nature registered towards each the accused and each of them made a concocted case of espionage by conspiring with the opposite accused. “There are serious allegations against the petitioners (S. Vijayan and TS Durga Dutt) and this had a major impact on the development of cryogenic technology, which was delayed due to false implication and related reports of Nambi Narayanan,” the company stated.
The CBI made these arguments in its assertion filed via Assistant Solicitor General P. Vijayakumar. In this, the joint anticipatory bail utility of retired Kerala Police officers Vijayan and Dutt was opposed. Both the officers had been members of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) that arrested the scientist. Meanwhile, a single bench of Justice Ok Haripal on Wednesday prolonged the interim safety from arrest granted to PS Jayaprakash on June 23. Former IB officer Jayaprakash can also be an accused within the case registered by the CBI.
IB had put strain on senior cops to make arrests: Ex-DGP
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala DGP Sibi Mathews has stated that Intelligence Bureau (IB) officers had pressured senior state police officers to arrest ISRO scientist Nambi Narayanan, then IG Raman Srivastava and others, saying that the matter was within the nationwide capital. and the standing of such individuals shouldn’t grow to be a hindrance for strict motion towards them.
Let us let you know that Mathews is the fourth accused within the CBI case associated to conspiracy within the 1994 ISRO espionage case. According to the Indian Express report, Mathews had made this declare in his bail utility 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.
Acting on the report of a committee, the Supreme Court had earlier directed the CBI to research officers of the state police and central companies, who had probed the ISRO espionage case. Mathews, who initially headed the state police crew probing the espionage case, stated that the officers of the Central Intelligence Branch (IB) and RAW had knowledgeable the Kerala Police about suspicious actions of individuals accused within the espionage case.
“The then Thiruvananthapuram city police commissioner had reported that the case was registered as per the instructions of the central agencies and Mariam Rashida was arrested on the instructions of the then Deputy Director of IB, RB Sreekumar,” he stated. That report additionally stated that Rashida and Fusia Hassan had been in contact with a senior ISRO scientist. When Phusia was interrogated, a spy community connecting Colombo, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram and Maldives was uncovered.
Referring to the allegation of custodial torture, Mathews stated that when Nambi was repeatedly produced within the court docket, he didn’t make any such allegation. Mathews stated he had requested the then state police chief to advocate the Kerala authorities at hand over the probe to the CBI, because the investigation was unfold throughout a number of states and several other central authorities organisations.
In his bail plea, he stated, “If there was any conspiracy or malpractice on the part of the petitioner, he should not have recommended transfer of the investigation to any other agency.” There is little doubt that the petitioner was taking all motion in respect of the instances with full confidence and he’s entitled to all safety beneath part 64(3) of the Kerala Police Act.
He stated the fees of prison conspiracy towards him weren’t sustainable, as he was assigned the duty of investigating after the registration of the case and the arrest of Maryam Rashida.
“Sharing information related to crime with central agencies and allowing them to interrogate the accused will not amount to a criminal conspiracy,” he stated. The data given by the officers of the central companies is taken into account real until it’s subsequently discovered to be destructive by cognitive proof.
This case of espionage was associated to allegations of giving some confidential paperwork on the Indian area program to different nations. In this, 4 different individuals, together with two scientists and two Maldivian girls, had been accused.
Narayanan was arrested in November 1994 together with different ISRO scientists and some others. He was launched on bail after three months.
Narayanan was the then Director of the Cryogenic Project at ISRO at the moment. Along with him, the then Deputy Director of ISRO, D. Sasikumaran was additionally arrested.
Later, the CBI, which probed the case, filed a report in a Kerala court docket saying that the case of espionage was false and there was no proof to substantiate the fees. The court docket had acquitted all of the accused on this.
The CBI then in its investigation had admitted that the then prime police officer of Kerala was liable for the unlawful arrest of Nambi Narayanan. Narayanan was arrested when the Congress authorities was in Kerala.
This case additionally had a political impression. A bit of the Congress took the difficulty to the then Chief Minister Late Ok. Karunakaran was focused, attributable to which he ultimately needed to resign.
In 1998, the Supreme Court had directed the Kerala authorities to pay a compensation of Rs 1 lakh every to Narayanan and others.
The apex court docket had in 2018 constituted a three-member committee headed by former choose Justice DK Jain after Narayanan’s acquittal within the case. It additionally directed the Kerala authorities to pay Rs 50 lakh as compensation for forcing Narayanan to endure “extreme humiliation”.
Last yr, the highest court docket had began listening to Narayanan’s plea in search of motion towards Siby Mathews, former Director General of Police of Kerala Police, who probed the case, and others.
The Supreme Court on April 15, whereas ordering the submission of the report of the High Level Committee on the function of cops convicted within the 1994 espionage case, to the CBI, had additionally directed the company to conduct additional investigation within the matter.
Subsequently, on June 24, the CBI booked former Kerala police chief Sibi Mathews, former Deputy Director of Intelligence Bureau RB Sreekumar and 16 different policemen for allegedly implicating Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) scientist Nambi Narayanan in a 1994 espionage case. An FIR was registered concerning the conspiracy.
The state authorities paid Rs 1.80 crore to Narayanan as compensation. He was embellished with Padma Bhushan, the nation’s third highest civilian honour, in 2019.