Pegasus tapped the phones of Modi's ministers, union leaders, Supreme Court judges, journalists

New Delhi, Dt

The genie of tapping and spying on phones with the software of the Israeli company Pegasus may come up once again almost 12 months after October 2016. Explosive news that Israeli company Pegasus has been hired for tapping the phones of Modi government ministers, RSS leaders, Supreme Court judges and journalists is set to hit the foreign media on Sunday night, sparking outrage in political circles.

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram and journalist Sheila Bhatt also tweeted Mogham in this regard, The Weekly magazine reported. According to sources, a major revelation could be made in the foreign media about the phone tapping of about 200 people. The people whose phones have been tapped include several ministers, leaders, Supreme Court judges and journalists.

Subramaniam Swamy said in a tweet on Sunday that there was talk that tonight the Washington Post and the London Guardian would publish a report that Israeli company Pegasus had been hired to tap the phones of Modi cabinet ministers, RSS leaders, Supreme Court judges and journalists. I will release the list if I can confirm this.

However, no such claim has been made on the Washington Post and the London Guardian's website. However, according to sources, the phones and WhatsApp of cabinet ministers Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani and Prahlad Patel were tapped in India. Apart from this, the phones of some RSS leaders, including Dattatreya Hosbol, Supreme Court judges and hundreds of journalists have been tapped. Sources said the phones of CBI, Enforcement Directorate and IT officials were also tapped, according to a report by Hindi website Amar Ujala.

Meanwhile, Congress MP in the Lok Sabha Karti Chidambaram also tweeted about Pegasus, according to The Weekly magazine. Karti Chidambaram did not write as clearly as Swami. Karti Chidambaram wrote in his tweet, "A small bird has told me that Pegasus is going to explode." The senior journalist also said in a tweet on Saturday night that there were reports that "a big story" was coming and that media organizations, including India, were involved. He claimed that the report would be released on Sunday night at 11.5 pm.

Pegasus 1600 phone tapping was discussed

New Delhi, Dt

The Israeli company's spy software Pegasus was discussed in October 2016 for tapping the phones of more than 1,200 people around the world. Pegasus claimed to have tapped the phones of diplomats, political dissidents, journalists, and senior government officials around the world. Pegasus was also used in India to spy on more than two dozen academics, lawyers, Dalit activists, journalists. In October 2016, WhatsApp also filed a case against the NSO group for spying.