{
  "id": 14886394,
  "title": "Accused in 2025 Visakhapatnam naval dockyard spy case held after deportation from Saudi Arabia",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/accused-in-2025-visakhapatnam-naval-dockyard-spy-case-held-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T06:19:22.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/one-arrested-in-naval-espionage-racket-case-in-andhra-pradesh/article71588709.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "K. Srinivas, the third accused in a 2025 naval espionage case at the Visakhapatnam dockyard, has been arrested and deported from Saudi Arabia, according to the Andhra Pradesh Counter Intelligence Cell (CIC) in collaboration with Central intelligence agencies. Srinivas, a resident of Visakhapatnam, had been on the run for a year before his arrest. The CIC registered a case under the Official Secrets Act against Srinivas, an unidentified woman, and another individual in October 2025. The investigation revealed that Srinivas and the woman posing as a Dubai-based shipping company employee exchanged sensitive details about naval ships and submarines. The woman reportedly transferred money to their bank accounts. Srinivas was intercepted at Delhi airport on October 11 and brought to the Malkapuram police station, where he was produced in court and sent to Visakhapatnam Central Jail.",
  "summary": "K. Srinivas allegedly shared details of ships and submarines at the dockyard with a woman posing as an employee of a Dubai shipping firm",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": "The apprehension of a fugitive from abroad signals an intensified cross-border effort to disrupt the illicit exchange of sensitive naval intelligence involving foreign entities and local informants.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}