ISRO espionage case: Difference between revisions

The most notedprominent victim was [[Aerospace engineering|aerospace engineer]] [[Nambi Narayanan]], who later alleged that the United States and [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] may have involved in fabricating the case,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-10-27 |title=ISRO Spy Case May Have Been CIA Plot to Sabotage India's Cryogenic Progress: Former Scientist |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/isro-spy-case-may-have-been-cia-plot-to-sabotage-indias-cryogenic-progress-former-scientist-1558579.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=6 August 2021 |title=Nambi Narayanan sees U.S. Hand in ISRO spy case |newspaper=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/former-scientist-sees-us-hand-in-isro-spy-case/article35771034.ece}}</ref> thereby preventing India from entering into multi-billion dollar commercial space missions.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-14 |title=ISRO spy case: SC judgment will help to change mindset of law enforcement machinery, says Nambi Narayanan-India News , Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/india/isro-spy-case-sc-judgment-will-help-to-change-mindset-of-law-enforcement-machinery-says-nambi-narayanan-5185951.html |access-date=2023-08-25 |website=Firstpost |language=en}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) politicians [[A. K. Antony]] and [[Oommen Chandy]] led 'A'-group caucus inside the INC in [[Kerala]], senior Kerala Police officials like [[Raman Srivastava]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/research/fake-isro-spy-case-the-seven-characters-of-the-false-espionage-story-5363242/ | title=Fake ISRO spy case: The seven characters of the false espionage story | date=18 September 2018 }}</ref> Siby Mathews and the Malayalam newspaper ''[[Malayala Manorama]]'' played a major role in sensationalising<ref>{{cite web |title=Who owns your media: How Malayala Manorama struggled with a steep fall in ad revenues |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2021/07/21/who-owns-your-media-how-malayala-manorama-struggled-with-a-steep-fall-in-ad-revenues}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Nambi Narayanan |title=ISRO Espionage Case 1994 : Nambi Narayanan Paper Cuttings |date=1994 |url=http://archive.org/details/nambi-narayanan |access-date=2023-08-25}}</ref> and politicising the allegations made against the scientists.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/criminal-here-media-journalists-recount-how-isro-spy-case-was-concocted-165502 | title='The criminal here is the media': Journalists recount how ISRO spy case was concocted | date=3 July 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2018/sep/25/probe-role-of-cia-in-isro-spy-case-nambi-narayanan-1876724.html | title=Probe role of CIA in ISRO spy case: Nambi Narayanan }}</ref>