Former officers of armed and safety forces, intelligence companies, NITI Aayog and a junior officer within the Prime Minister’s Office have been named in a database checked by 17 worldwide media platforms as a possible goal of spying utilizing Pegasus spy ware. The Wire, the Indian accomplice within the investigation mission, reported the names of those former officers on Monday.
These embrace the title of KK Sharma, who was included within the checklist of possible targets in early 2018, when he was main the BSF.
After retiring from the BSF, Sharma was appointed by the Election Commission because the Special Central Police Observer for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections for West Bengal and Jharkhand, which was objected to by the TMC.
At the identical time one other senior BSF officer was added to the checklist. Jagdish Maithani was the BSF commandant stationed in Assam and “seems to have been of great interest to an Indian client of NSO between 2017 and 2019.”
The numbers of a former senior Research and Analysis Wing officer and his spouse are additionally a part of the database, in addition to these of two Army officers Col Mukul Dev and Col Amit Kumar.
Also on the checklist is ED’s Rajeshwar Singh, who dealt with high-profile investigations just like the 2G case and the Aircel-Maxis deal. According to the information portal, “Not only number two of Singh but number four are related to three women in his family, which means they were also potential targets”.
The report mentions a former senior NITI Aayog official whose quantity seems within the database, however has not been named.
Another individual not named, an “officer who is currently an under-secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, was also selected for possible surveillance in 2017, as leaked records show”. Prime Minister was in command of Modi’s visits in 2017 when an Indian consumer of the NSO Group confirmed curiosity in him”.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
