City visa agent gets 7 yrs for being Pak spy
July 15, 2013
Mumbai:
A sessions court on Monday sentenced a visa agent to seven years’
rigorous imprisonment for being a Pakistani spy. Mazgaon resident Javed
Mozawala (32) was convicted under the Official Secrets Act after being
found guilty
of
being in possession of sensitive documents such as the telephone
directory of the defence command headquarters and pictures of vital
installations. This is the second conviction of a suspected Pakistani
agent in two years.
Mozawala, a resident of Mazgaon (East), was arrested on December 9, 2010 on charges
of spying. Elaborating on the grounds of Mozawala’s conviction (under
the Act’s section 4—communication with foreign agents) judge Vrushali
Joshi said, “The accused was in contact with persons in the Pakistan
embassy (sic) named Jamal Bhatti and Abdul Latif Bhatti who were from
Pakistan.”
Javed Mozawala was held with sensitive defence documents.
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