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NRI guilty in US-India arms deal

By: Santosh :+: Under: Brown in America, Maccaca Crimewatch, Military
On: ⋅ March 14, 2008 ⋅  Email this post ⋅  Print this post ⋅ Post a comment

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Parthasarathy Sudarshan, a resident of Simpsonville, South Carolina, has been found guilty of illegal arms export from US to India. [link]

img: via AFP

A citizen of India living legally in South Carolina pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to illegally export weapons to India, authorities said Thursday. It was one of two cases involving illegal arms in India.

The emphasis on “living legally” is mine. Why did this CNN reporter feel the necessity to include those two words in there? Is a citizen of India living in the US automatically assumed to be here illegally? Anyway, I digress from the main story.

Parthasarathy Sudarshan, 47, of Simpsonville, South Carolina, headed a firm with offices in Bangalore, India, and Singapore. He admitted violating arms control laws by secretly trying to sell components for space vehicles, ballistic missiles and fighter jets to firms associated with India’s defense agencies.

The US firm, MTS, that was involved with Sudarshan was also found in violation of export laws and slapped with a fine. Here’s the interesting part on why MTS failed to comply.

The government said MTS did not apply for a proper license after an employee stated it was “extremely unlikely” that it would gain approval because the equipment could make a significant contribution to India’s nuclear energy programs.

Speaking of, this year May 11^th will be the 10 year anniversary of India’s nuclear tests in 1998.

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