National security breach: NIA custody of 7 foreign nationals extended by 10 days

NEW DELHI: (Mar 28) A Delhi court on Friday extended by 10 days the NIA custody of seven foreign nationals, including six Ukrainians, accused of breaching national security.

NIA special judge Prashant Sharma, who conducted the proceedings in the agency’s headquarters here, directed the production of the accused persons after completion of their custodial interrogation on April 6.

Earlier in the day, the judge allowed the agency's plea seeking holding the judicial proceedings at its headquarters against six Ukrainians and a US national, noting that the case pertained to breach of national security and the investigation is highly sensitive with global ramifications.