CBI moves SC against bail to ex-top cop accused in Nambi Narayanan’s fake spy scandal
India Today
The Karnataka High Court had granted anticipatory bail to former Director General of Police (DGP) of Kerala, Siby Mathews, who was named as one of the accused for framing Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan in 1994.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday approached the Supreme Court to challenge the anticipatory bail given by the Karnataka High Court to ex-Director General of Police (DGP) of Kerala, Siby Mathews. Mathews was named as one of the accused for framing Nambi Narayanan, a scientist at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in 1994.
A bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar tagged the CBI’s fresh appeal along with other pending appeals filed by the investigating agency which challenged the anticipatory bail granted by the high court to four other accused police and intelligence bureau officials.
The matter is now likely to be heard on July 27.
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Former Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan was falsely implicated in 1994 in an espionage case and was charged with transferring confidential documents on India's space programme to foreign countries.
Apart from Narayanan, officials had also accused five others of espionage and transferring rocket technology to foreign countries. This included another Isro scientist and two Maldivian women.
Narayanan had to spend close to two months in jail before the CBI concluded the allegations against him were false. The case was first probed by the state police and later handed over to the CBI, which found the charges to be false.
