Congress asks if Pegasus scandal happened in Maharashtra; demands probe

Updated On: 19 July, 2021 04:11 PM IST | Mumbai | PTI

An international media consortium on July 18 reported that more than 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including two serving ministers, over 40 journalists, three opposition leaders and one sitting judge besides scores of business persons and activists in India could have been targeted

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Maharashtra Congress has sought to know if snooping and phone tapping took place in the state using the Israeli software Pegasus during the previous BJP-led state government.

State Congress spokesman Sachin Sawant also demanded an inquiry into the issue. "Did the Pegasus scandal happen in Maharashtra?" asked Sawant, whose party shares power with the Shiv Sena and NCP in the state. The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in the state should conduct a probe into it, he said in a statement.