Pegasus: Court Allows NIA to Submit Phones of 7 'Elgar' Accused to Justice Raveendran Panel

The seven accused had recently sent their representation to the Supreme Court-appointed committee alleging that their phones were infected by the Pegasus spyware.

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The seven accused had recently sent their representation to the Supreme Court-appointed committee alleging that their phones were infected by the Pegasus spyware.

pegasus court allows nia to submit phones of 7 elgar accused to justice raveendran panel

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Mumbai: The special NIA court here on Tuesday allowed the National Investigation Agency's (NIA) plea to submit mobile phones of seven accused in the Elgar Parishad case to the Supreme Court-appointed technical committee looking into the Pegasus issue.

A lawyer, representing one of the accused, said the SC-appointed Justice Raveendran panel had asked the NIA for these mobile devices.

The NIA sought the special court's permission to submit the mobile phones of the seven accused as these devices are in the custody of the court.

Special NIA court judge D.E. Kothalikar allowed the NIA's plea.

The seven accused are Rona Wilson, Anand Teltumbde, Vernon Gonsalves, P. Varavara Rao, Sudha Bharadwaj, Hany Babu and Shoma Sen.

The seven accused had recently sent their representation to the Justice Raveendran committee alleging that their phones were infected by the Pegasus spyware.

The three-member technical committee was set up by the apex court last October to look into allegations of the use of Israeli spyware Pegasus for targeted surveillance in India.

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