The special court of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday (November 7, 2025) has convicted two more accused in the Visakhapatnam Naval Espionage Case. This case is linked to the network associated with the intelligence agencies of Pakistan, which was involved in the conspiracy to obtain confidential information of the Indian Navy.
The special NIA court in Visakhapatnam has sentenced Kalvalapalli Konda Babu, resident of Visakhapatnam, and Aviansh Somal, resident of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, to simple imprisonment of 5 years and 10 months. Charges were framed against both of them under Section 18 of UAPA and Section 3 of the Official Secrets Act. The court has also imposed a fine of Rs 5000 on both the culprits. If the fine is not paid then one year additional imprisonment will have to be served.
Earlier four had been punished in the case, now total six convicted
With this decision, till now a total of 6 accused have been sentenced in this case. This case is related to espionage of Indian Navy bases and important security institutions. In which the agents of Pakistan had tried to harm the security, unity and integrity of the country. Both the culprits were arrested in December 2019. Konda Babu was arrested from Mumbai and Aviansh Somal was arrested from Karnataka.
NIA What was revealed in the investigation?
NIA investigation revealed that both the accused were in contact with Pakistan’s intelligence agencies through social media platforms WhatsApp and Facebook. He used to share confidential and sensitive information related to the Indian Navy and Defense.
Investigation also revealed that both of them had given this information to Pakistani agents in exchange for money. This amount was sent to him through other accused named Abdul Rehman, Haroon Lakhdwala, Shaista Qaiser and Imran Giteli. These four had already been sentenced by the court this year.
Some 15 people have been arrested so far in the case
NIA took over this case from the Intelligence Department of Andhra Pradesh Police in December 2019. Till now the agency has arrested a total of 15 accused. A charge sheet was filed against 14 accused in June 2020 and a supplementary charge sheet was filed against one more accused in March 2021.
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