US links India with arms conspiracy

In a shocking case of international espionage involving arms, the US has linked India with an arms conspiracy claiming that the Indian government agencies have conspired with Sudarshan Parthasarathy, CEO of Cirrus Electronics, to obtain secret weapons technology for its missile program. However, the Indian embassy in Washington, has denied this by saying that Cirrus Electronics, Singapore had responded to the requirement of Indian organisations through a transparent, public and open tendering process. The CEO of Cirrus Electronics, Parthasarathy Sudarshan is said to have hatched this conspiracy. Cirrus Electronics has offices in Simpsonville, South Carolina, Singapore, and Bangalore, India. Forty-seven year old Sudarshan was sentenced to 35 months in jail and slapped a USD 60,000 fine by a US court for shipping restricted military technology to Indian government entities engaged in missiles and fighter jet production and space programme. Sudarshan acquired electrical components with applications in missile guidance and firing systems in the United States and he provided US companies with fraudulent certificates that claimed that the end-users of these electrical components were non-restricted entities in India. But the actual recipients were the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) and Bharat Dynamics (BDL). Both VSSC and BDL are on the Department of Commerce’s Entity List and exports of US -origin commodities to these entities are restricted. Moreover, there were no export licenses for any of the shipments to VSSC and BDL. Sudarshan used to route the products through its Singapore office and then send the packages on to India. Meanwhile, the India Head, Cirrus Electronics — AKN Prasad — who has been indicted by the US courts — has said that neither have they done anything wrong, nor has the Indian government. When quizzed on the issue, AKN Prasad said:” We did nothing illegal. I have served my country.” ( This post is from an independent writer. The opinions and views expressed herein are those of the author and are not endorsed by APakistanNews.Com.)