Featured India's 'RAW' Goes on Trial in Germany !

[Windjammer]

Indian goes on trial for spying on Sikhs, Kashmiris in Germany
The suspect is accused of working for the Research and Analysis Wing, India's foreign intelligence agency, from 2015.
25 Aug 2020

A total of 10 hearings before the regional superior court are scheduled [File: Thomas Kienzle/AFP]

An Indian national accused of spying on Sikh and Kashmiri communities in Germany for New Delhi's secret services went on trial in Frankfurt on Tuesday.
The suspect, identified as 54-year-old Balvir S, is accused of working for the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), India's foreign intelligence agency, from at least January 2015.
Prosecutors say he "obtained information about figures in the Sikh opposition scene and the Kashmiri movement and their relatives in Germany, and passed this on to his handlers who were working at the Indian consulate general in Frankfurt".
A total of 10 hearings before the regional superior court are scheduled, with the trial due to conclude on October 29.
Previous case
The same Frankfurt court convicted an Indian couple for spying on the same communities last December.
The husband was handed a suspended prison sentence of 18 months for acting as a foreign intelligence agent and his wife fined 180 days' wages for aiding him.
India and Pakistan have disputed Kashmir since they became independent and split in 1947, with the nuclear rivals fighting two out of three wars over the region.
An armed uprising against Indian rule has been waged since 1989 in Kashmir, claiming tens of thousands of lives.
Frankfurt is of particular interest to the Indian secret services because western Germany is home to the largest Sikh community in the country, estimated at between 10,000-20,000 people, and one of the largest in Europe.

Indian goes on trial for spying on Sikhs, Kashmiris in Germany

The suspect is accused of working for the Research and Analysis Wing, India’s foreign intelligence agency, from 2015.

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[El Sidd]

Die deutschen Behörden soll besseres wissen wie es läuft in Indien. Die würden sich in Deutschland miteinander kämpfen wenn das so weiter gehen dürfte.

Ganz klar ist das Politik ein Thema hier ist mit dem Geld da inzwischen zwar das Krieg in Mittelostern ist leicht zu verstehen wenn man das mit indische Theater vergleicht.

 

[Jf Thunder]

looks like another case of the International Court of Justice.

 

[R Wing]

Just an asset. Good riddance nonetheless.

Thought it may have been an undercover officer without diplomatic cover. But very few countries have the balls to deploy those in developed European countries.

 

[Nefarious]

Good on Germany

 

[cloud4000]

The only risk of intelligence is not to get caught. Still, India did the right thing in monitoring anti-Indian elements wherever they may be.