Vizag Police Bust Another Espionage Case, Arrest One
It is said he ended up losing his mobile phone.
Visakhapatnam: Malkapuram police in Visakhapatnam busted another espionage case on Saturday when they arrested a person for allegedly passing on sensitive information related to movements of ships and submarines belonging to the Indian Navy to an unknown person.
The arrested person has been identified as Killo Naresh Kumar, a driver working on a contract basis with the Marine Corporation of India. The accused got acquainted with an unidentified person through Instagram user ID "ishpreet525". Later, Naresh Kumar allegedly sent sensitive information related to Indian Naval vessels through WhatsApp for illegal financial gain. P
olice said ₹8,000 have been credited in two instalments into the Union Bank account of Naresh Kumar for passing on information. It is said he ended up losing his mobile phone.
Thereafter, he used mobile phones of his close associates Varun Kumar belonging to Bihar and Mohammed Sanu belonging to Visakhapatnam to communicate with unidentified persons. Investigations are continuing to assess whether some more people are involved in the espionage case.
Police have registered a case against Naresh Kumar under the Official Secrets Act and other relevant provisions.