NEW DELHI: From officers in the Indian Army, a former RAW officer and a former Border Security Chief to a senior ED officer, who handled key cases against Opposition politicians, a former aide to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, a PMO official and the current Bihar Cricket chief — the latest revelations from the reporting on The Pegasus Project by news website The Wire now show that phone numbers being used by these officials and their family members had appeared on the list of potential Pegasus targets for surveillance, at the behest of an Indian client of the NSO Group.
The latest reports showed that KK Sharma, the BSF chief in February 2018, had been selected as a potential target for surveillance. Incidentally, Sharma shot to the headlines after his appearance was noted at a little-known RSSaffiliate meeting — in uniform.
The 1982-batch IPS officer’s attendance here had attracted political scorn, with the TMC registering objection publicly. Soon after Sharma retired from service, he was appointed as Special Central Police Observer in West Bengal for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, by the Election Commission.
Soon after objections by the TMC, he was replaced.
In addition, a Border Security Force Commandant, Jagdish Maithani, and Inspector General of Police, posted in Assam, also found his phone number on the list of potential Pegasus targets between 2017 and 2019.
This story is from the July 27, 2021 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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