Miss Conduct Ep 06 - Madhuri Gupta

Here is something relatable -- have you ever hated your workplace so much, felt so disillusioned and unappreciated by your peers and bosses, wanted to so desperately rise in your career… that you sold your country’s secrets to a foreign agent? That you may also be in love with? 

Yeah, me either. 

Madhuri Gupta did though. And we welcome you to listen to the latest episode of ‘Miss Conduct’ to find out how it all went down. 

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Love (platonically),  

Ragavi & Nisha

Sources: 

• Woman diplomat accused of passing secrets to Pakistan, arrested | Times Now | 27 April 2010 | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/woman-diplomat-accused-of-passing-secrets-to-pakistan-arrested/articleshow/5863761.cms

• Madhuri deeply resentful of IFS,her arrest blew RAW officer’s cover | Indian Express | 29 April 2010 | https://indianexpress.com/article/news-archive/web/madhuri-deeply-resentful-of-ifs-her-arrest-blew-raw-officers-cover/

• Disgraced diplomat chargesheeted for passing information to ISI  | NDTV | 20 July 2010 | https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/disgraced-diplomat-chargesheeted-for-passing-information-to-isi-424428

• Charges to be framed against disgraced diplomat Madhuri Gupta today  | NDTV | 7 December 2011 | https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/charges-to-be-framed-against-disgraced-diplomat-madhuri-gupta-today-570412

• Charges framed against alleged ISI spy Madhuri Gupta | NDTV | 7 January 2012 | https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/charges-framed-against-alleged-isi-spy-madhuri-gupta-567811

• Madhuri Gupta granted bail after 21 months in jail  | FirstPost | 10 January 2012 | https://www.firstpost.com/india/woman-diplomat-granted-bail-after-21-months-in-jail-177992.html

• Former diplomat Madhuri Gupta gets bail | NDTV | 10 January 2012 | https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/former-diplomat-madhuri-gupta-gets-bail-570960

• Indian diplomat may get 14 year term over 'spying for Pakistan' | Dawn.com | 9 February 2016 | https://www.dawn.com/news/1238420

• Ex-Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta faces 14-year term over spying for Pakistan | India TV | 10 February 2016 | https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/ex-ind-diplomat-charged-under-osa-leaking-information-to-isi-57534.html

• Madhuri Gupta: the Indian spy I met in Pakistan | Catch News | 14 February 2017 | www.catchnews.com/life-society-news/madhuri-gupta-the-indian-spy-i-met-in-pakistan-1459349138.html

• MHA reviews draconian Official Secrets Act | TOI | 28 July 2017 | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/mha-reviews-draconian-official-secrets-act/articleshow/59800375.cms

• Indian Diplomat Madhuri Gupta Convicted for Spying, Passing Sensitive Documents to ISI | News18 | 18 May 2018 | https://www.news18.com/news/india/indian-diplomat-madhuri-gupta-convicted-for-spying-for-isi-passing-sensitive-documents-1752813.html

• Ex-Indian diplomat Madhuri Gupta convicted of spying for ISI  | The Statesman | 19 May 2018 | https://www.thestatesman.com/india/ex-indian-diplomat-madhuri-gupta-convicted-of-spying-for-isi-1502637940.html

• Ex-diplomat Madhuri Gupta gets three years in jail for spying  | Hindu | 19 May 2018 | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/ex-diplomat-madhuri-gupta-gets-three-years-in-jail-for-spying/article23938123.ece

• Ex-diplomat reported to be in relationship with ISI official sentenced to 3 years in jail for spying | India Today | 19 May 2018 | https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/madhuri-gupta-diplomat-isi-pakistan-court-3-years-jail-spying-information-1236909-2018-05-19

• Ex-diplomat Madhuri Gupta convicted of spying for ISI | Indian Express | 19 May 2018 | https://indianexpress.com/article/india/ex-diplomat-madhuri-gupta-convicted-of-spying-for-isi-5182566/

• Espionage case: Ex-diplomat Madhuri Gupta convicted of spying for Pak's ISI | Business Standard | 20 May 2018 | https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/espionage-case-ex-diplomat-madhuri-gupta-jailed-for-3-years-for-passing-sensitive-information-to-pakistan-isi-118052000110_1.html

• Falling in love with Pakistani spy cost Madhuri Gupta reputation, career & 3 years in jail | The Print | 21 May 2018 | https://theprint.in/defence/falling-in-love-with-pakistani-spy-cost-madhuri-gupta-reputation-career-3-years-in-jail/60916/

• Indian diplomat spied for Pakistan in ‘reverse honey trap’ | Arab News | 22 May 2018 | https://www.arabnews.com/node/1307136/world

• Who is Madhuri Gupta? 9 facts about former Indian diplomat who fell for ISI’s honey trap | DNA | 8 March 2019 | https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-who-is-madhuri-gupta-9-facts-about-former-indian-diplomat-who-fell-for-isi-s-honey-trap-2616589

• RTI trumps Official Secrets Act, says SC | The Hindu | 14 March 2019 | https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rti-trumps-official-secrets-act-says-sc/article26537346.ece

• As Shekhar Gupta’s ‘The Print’ romanticises treason, here is why Madhuri Gupta is being sent to prison | OpIndia | 24 May 2018

• https://www.opindia.com/2018/05/as-shekhar-guptas-the-print-romanticises-treason-here-is-why-madhuri-gupta-is-being-sent-to-prison/

• State v. Madhuri Gupta | In the High Court of Delhi at New Delhi | Decided on 22nd January 2016 | https://indiankanoon.org/doc/82188053/

• The Official Secrets Act, 1923 | IndiaCode.nic | https://www.indiacode.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/2379/1/A1923-19.pdf