A married Indian couple Manmohan S (50) and his wife Kanwal Jit K (51) have confessed to spying on the Kashmiri and Sikh groups in Germany and providing the information to India's Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).
They were declared guilty in a Frankfurt court in sentenced the duo to suspended jail terms and large fines.
While Manmohan S was handed a suspended prison sentence of 18 months for acting as a foreign intelligence agent, his wife Kanwal Jit K was fined 180 days' wages for aiding him.
According to a court statement Manmohan was recruited by R&AW in 2015, and asked to spy on the Kashmiri opposition movement.
"The accused reported on the internal affairs of the Sikh temples in Cologne and Frankfurt, as well as on protest events in the Sikh community," the statement said.
Reportedly, the couple received $7,974 from RAW for their services.