Udupi police makes third arrest in Navy ship spying case

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The Udupi constabulary connected Sunday arrested Hirendra Kumar, 34, of Kailas Nagari successful Anand Taluk of Gujarat, successful transportation with a lawsuit of sharing unauthorised accusation connected Indian Navy ships being built astatine Udupi Cochin Shipyard and Cochin Shipyard Ltd.’s Kochi Shipyard and accusation related to ships with immoderate radical successful Pakistan.

In a statement, the constabulary said Kumar had obtained a mobile SIM paper successful his sanction and gave it for usage by the 2 accused arrested successful the aforesaid lawsuit earlier successful speech for money. The accused had utilized this mobile telephone to transportation delicate accusation of Indian Navy ships with radical successful Pakistan.

On the ailment by the CEO, Udupi Cochin Shipyard, connected November 19, the Malpe constabulary had arrested Rohit, 29, and Santri, 37, some from Sultanpur District successful Uttar Pradesh. The 2 worked for Shushma Marine Private Ltd., a subcontractor of Udupi Cochin Shipyard successful Malpe. They were accused of unauthorised sharing of accusation to Pakistani people, done WhatsApp, the confidential database of numbers of ships related to the Indian Navy, on with different delicate information, and obtaining amerciable fiscal gain.

Apart from Section 152 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 3 and 5 of the Official Secrets Act, the accused were booked nether Sections 17 and 18 of the Unauthorised Activities (Prevention) Act. A squad led by Assistant Superintendent of Police Harsha Priyamvada is continuing with the investigation, said Udupi Superintendent of Police Hariram Shankar.

Published - December 21, 2025 10:31 p.m. IST

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