Deny all allegations, expert committee to probe all claims: Centre to SC on Pegasus row

Monday, 16 August 2021Newsdesk

The Centre, while denying all allegations linked to recent reports that the Israeli Pegasus spyware was used to target opposition leaders, journalists and others, informed the Supreme court that a group of experts will be investigating into all such claims.

New Delhi, 16 August 2021

“To dispel any wrong narrative spread by vested interests and with an object of examining the issues raised, we will constitute a committee of experts in the field which will go in to all aspects of the issue,” the Centre said. As per news report of The Indian Express, the Centre made the statement via a two-page affidavit filed by the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology. “Unequivocally deny…all …allegations…bare perusal of…petitions makes it clear that the same are based on conjectures & surmises or on other unsubstantiated media reports or incomplete or uncorroborated material,” the affidavit read.

Source -The Indian Express