Ex-armyman among five sentenced to 14 years for spying

A local court in Faridkot has convicted and sentenced five persons, including an ex-army personnel, to 14 years jail term each for spying.

A local court in Faridkot has convicted and sentenced five persons, including an ex-army personnel, to 14 years jail term each for spying.

Naib Singh, Randhir Singh, Baldev Singh, Sukhdev Singh and ex-army man Manjinder Singh were handed down the sentence by the court of additional sessions judge, Ramesh Kumari on Saturday.

The trial of the case started in March 2000 and the convicts were charged with supplying secret and strategic information of the Indian army to Pakistani agencies.

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Manjinder Singh was dismissed from the service in January 2010.