New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- A special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in Visakhapatnam has sentenced an accused to five-and-a-half years of simple imprisonment in a Pakistan-led espionage conspiracy involving misuse of Indian mobile SIM cards and social media platforms, officials said on Wednesday. The accused, Altafhusen Ghanchibhai alias Shakil, pleaded guilty during the trial, in which the prosecution had already examined 37 witnesses. The court convicted him for misusing unique identification features, including SIM cards and one-time passwords (OTPs), as well as social media platforms. He was sentenced to simple imprisonment for five years and six months along with a fine of ?5,000 under Section 18 of the Unlawful Activiti...