Madhuri Gupta’s case is not a solitary case. Following are some of the similar cases reported from time to time:
- Rabinder Singh, a senior Indian army official, spied for American Intelligence Agency (CIA) and flew to the US despite being under RAW surveillance in 2004. Singh initially worked with the Indian Army and held an esteemed position with RAW handling Southeast Asia. By the time the agency sensed his dubious activities, Singh managed to escape to the US through Nepal.
- Commodore Sukhjinder Singh, a Navy officer, was also charged of betrayal against India and also about his alleged relationship with a Russian woman when he was posted in Russia as the head of Indian team overseeing the refit of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov between 2005 and 2007. He is supposed to have nexus with the Gorshkov deal which was signed after a lot of negotiations due to the cost hike of the carrier.
- In October 2007, a 1975 batch Research and Analysis Service (RAS) officer Ravi Nair was called back from Hong Kong for his alleged friendship with a girl believed to be working for a Chinese spy agency.
- In May 2008, Manmohan Sharma, a senior Indian Embassy official in Beijing, was called back to New Delhi for falling to the charms of a Chinese honey trap. Sharma, a senior Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) officer, was alleged to be in a romantic affair with his Chinese language teacher. Indian authorities suspected the woman could be an informant of the Chinese government.
- In the early 90s, an Indian Naval attaché posted in Islamabad reportedly fell in love with a Pakistani woman working in the Military Nursing Service in Karachi.
- In the early 1980s, a senior Indian field officer disappeared in London. He was alleged for having connection with foreign intelligence agencies.
- In 1980s, a senior Intelligence Bureau (IB) official, who was due to take over as the chief of counter-intelligence, was exposed for his alleged relationship with a female US consular officer. His meetings with the woman were recorded on camera by the IB, and he was forced to retire following interrogation.
- Ashok Sathe, another official, was also believed to have defected to the US after his mysterious disappearance. Sathe was said to be behind burning down of RAW office in Khurramshahr in Iran.
- K.V. Unnikrishnan, a RAW officer, was also charged for dealing with the LTTE. He had developed a relationship with an air hostess believed to be an intelligence scion. He was arrested just ahead of a peace accord signed between India and Sri Lanka.
- The oldest case of honey trapping: An Indian diplomat during the time of the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru was trapped by a Russian girl in Moscow. When the Russian spy agency KGB presented him with the pictures of his activities with the girl, the diplomat denied the allegation and informed senior officers that it was an attempt to blackmail him.