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Andhra Police arrest Navy Sailor from Coimbatore's INS Agrani campus over spying for Pakistan

Newindianexpress • October 4, 2026

COIMBATORE: A special team of the Counter Intelligence (CI) Cell of Andhra Pradesh Police landed at the high-security INS Agrani campus at Red Fields in Coimbatore on Saturday and arrested a serving Indian Navy sailor for allegedly leaking classified defence information to a Pakistani woman intelligence operative.

According to the sources, the arrested sailor has been identified as Pradeep Mukherjee (31), from West Bengal. He joined the Indian Navy in 2014 and is currently posted as a sailor under the Eastern Naval Command at Visakhapatnam. He had been staying inside INS Agrani Coimbatore, a premier naval leadership training establishment, for the last week to attend a management development course.

The sources said he allegedly fell prey to a honeytrap laid on social media. A woman handler, believed to be a Pakistani intelligence officer, befriended him a few months ago and later allegedly extracted sensitive details the Visakhapatnam naval base.

The CI Cell, which handles terror modules and cross-border espionage, detected his suspicious online activity during surveillance and, after obtaining permission from Naval authorities, executed the arrest in Coimbatore.

He was taken to Vijayawada for further investigation after being produced before a local court.

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Indian Navy Sailor Arrested for Leaking Defense Data to Pakistani Operative On October 3, 2026, Indian Navy sailor Pradeep Mukherjee, 31, was arrested in Coimbatore for leaking sensitive defense information to a female Pakistani intelligence operative. Mukherjee, who joined the Navy in 2014, was attending a management development course at INS Agrani when he fell victim to a honeytrap initiated via social media. The operative reportedly extracted classified details about strategic naval assets and fleet movements linked to the Visakhapatnam naval base. The Andhra Pradesh Police's Counter Intelligence Cell initiated surveillance after detecting suspicious digital footprints. Following confirmation of his involvement, authorities secured clearance from naval officials to arrest him. Investigations are ongoing to assess the extent of the compromised data and any financial transactions involved. 5 sources 31

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