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Indian Navy Sailor Arrested in Coimbatore for Alleged Pakistan Honeytrap Data Leak
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Moneycontrol•04-10-2026, 10:31
Indian Navy Sailor Arrested in Coimbatore for Alleged Pakistan Honeytrap Data Leak
- •Pradeep Mukherjee, an Indian Navy sailor, was arrested in Coimbatore for allegedly sharing sensitive defense information with a female Pakistani intelligence operative.
- •Mukherjee, 31, from West Bengal, was apprehended by the Counter Intelligence Cell of the Andhra Pradesh Police at INS Agrani.
- •He allegedly shared information related to naval assets, fleet movements, and operational arrangements at the Visakhapatnam naval base after being trapped on social media.
- •The Andhra Pradesh Police began monitoring Mukherjee after detecting suspicious digital activity and obtained clearance from naval authorities for his arrest.
- •Investigators are probing the extent of the information shared and whether he received payments, potentially through hawala networks or digital channels.
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The Indian Navy sailor, Pradeep Mukherjee, was arrested by the Counter Intelligence Cell of the Andhra Pradesh Police while attending a training course at INS Agrani in Coimbatore.
He allegedly shared sensitive information related to naval assets, fleet movements, and operational arrangements at the Visakhapatnam naval base with a female Pakistani intelligence operative he met on social media.
Following his arrest, Mukherjee was produced before a local magistrate to secure a transit warrant and taken to the Counter Intelligence headquarters in Vijayawada for further questioning. Investigators are probing the nature of the shared data and whether financial transactions were made via hawala networks or digital channels.
