Pakistani Spy Module Honey-Trapped Many, Including Navy Sailor, in Andhra Pradesh: Cops
Investigators say 18 suspects, including 13 Navy personnel, shared classified defence information through encrypted channels and direct contact with Pakistan Intelligence Operatives.
- On Tuesday, the Andhra Pradesh Police arrested a Navy employee and a civilian contractor for allegedly spying for Pakistan, part of an espionage conspiracy involving 18 suspects.
- The investigation targets 18 suspects, including 13 Navy personnel, accused of leaking sensitive information from the Visakhapatnam Naval Base to Pakistan Intelligence Operatives.
- Under 'Operation Firewall-2026,' Counter Intelligence Cell teams coordinated across 10 states to seize electronic gadgets, uncovering evidence suspects used encrypted communication channels to transmit classified data.
- Navy employee Pradeep Mukharjee and civilian driver Annam Sai Varaprasad remain in judicial custody until October 14 following their court appearance on Tuesday.
- Police continue investigating the full extent of the alleged espionage network, examining seized material to determine if other Naval personnel are involved in the conspiracy.
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Andhra Pradesh police have made a serious disclosure concerning national security. They say that Pakistani female intelligence operatives are targeting individuals working in India's defense sector to obtain sensitive and confidential information through espionage. They lure them with money, honey trap them, send obscene photos, and make false promises.
Operation Firewall 2026: Andhra Pradesh Counter Intelligence Neutralises Cross-border Defence Espionage Ring
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. To facilitate the espionage ring, compromised local networks provided Indian mobile number OTPs to help foreign operatives activate WhatsApp accounts, while illicit payments were funnelled through foreign cryptocurrency transfers and local traders. India News | Operation Firewall 2026: Andhra Pradesh Counter Intelligence Neutralises Cross-border Defence Espionage Ring.
At India ' s largest Navy base in Vishakhapatnam, two employees were detained who provided classified information about defence facilities to Pakistani intelligence curators, wrote the newspaper Industan Times. India ' s counterintelligence opened a large-scale undercover cell, handed over TASS with a reference to the newspaper Industan Times. The perpetrators sent encrypted data on strategic sites abroad; the detention took place in t…
Two held for alleged Pakistan-linked Navy espionage
Two persons, including a civilian contract driver engaged for Naval officers and a Naval employee, have been arrested by the Andhra Pradesh Counter Intelligence Cell for their alleged involvement in an espionage conspiracy involving Pakistan-based intelligence operatives (PIOs). The arrests were made as part of “Operation Firewall-2026”, a coordinated operation against an alleged espionage module … Get the latest updates in Hyderabad City News, …
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