WASHINGTON: Parthasarathy Sudarshan, the founder of Cirrus Electronics, an electronics supply company, has been charged with shipping closely guarded US computer technology to India for use in missiles and other weapon systems.
According to federal prosecutors, he ordered computer equipment from US manufacturers using falsified documents about their destination. The parts were allegedly shipped to India through Cirrus offices in South Carolina and Singapore.
Prosecutors say that between 2003 and 2006, Sudarshan was buying the equipment for three Indian government agencies: the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, which researches spacecraft and ballistic missiles, Bharat Dynamics Ltd, a key agency in the nation's guided missile programme, and the Aeronautical Development Establishment, which is developing the Tejas combat jet. The US Commerce Department restricts exports to these agencies.
The equipment included heat-resistant memory chips, microprocessors, capacitors and semiconductors used in missile guidance systems and firing systems, according to a federal indictment unsealed recently.
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