2. Samba spy scandal: The Samba military spy scandal was a Cold War military intelligence program which eventually emerged as a scandal in 1979.
According to Indian Army, the operation was carried out by Pakistan's Military Intelligence to seek information on Indian Army's positions.
168 active duty army officers and personnel were arrested by the the Indian Army and intelligence agencies on suspicion of working for the Military Intelligence of the Pakistan Army from Samba near Jammu.
Between August 24, 1978 and January 23, 1979, 50-odd persons who had worked in the 168 Infantry Brigade and its subordinate units at Samba, 40 km from Jammu on the international border, were arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan at the instance of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (MI).
Those arrested included a Brigadier, three Lieutenant Colonels and a number of Majors, Captains, Junior Commissioned Officers (JCOs), Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and personnel of other ranks, plus 11 civilians who had worked in the Samba sector.
All of them were taken into custody. Sarwan Dass and Aya Singh who worked as gunners in the Indian Army self-confessed as Pakistani spies.
Sarwan Dass swore an affidavit and appeared at a press conference to admit that he had falsely implicated the men in December 1994.
In December 1990 while crossing the India-Pakistan border Aya Singh was shot.
The falsely implicated victims received justice only in December 2000, and not fully either.
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