India, Oct. 8 -- A "honey-trap" espionage racket involving Indian Navy personnel in Visakhapatnam, which came to light recently, has put online entrapment of defence personnel back in the spotlight. Andhra Pradesh's Counter Intelligence Cell (CIC) has so far questioned 13 Navy personnel and identified 18 suspects in the case over the alleged sharing of maritime intelligence to Pakistani Intelligence Operatives (PIOs).

On Tuesday, the CIC announced the arrest of two people - an Indian Navy sailor Pradeep Mukherjee with the Eastern Naval Command in Visakhapatnam and Annam Sai Varaprasad, a contractual driver for the Navy. Investigators are examining whether sensitive details about naval assets and installations were passed on to the PIO. ...