NEW DELHI: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) urged the Central government to probe the allegations of bugging of telephones of 40 Journalists, 2 Union Ministers, 3 Opposition leaders and others.
Reports appearing in the National media claimed that phones of two serving Union ministers, three opposition leaders, one constitutional authority, current and former heads of security organisations, administrators and 40 senior journalists and activists from India were allegedly bugged using an Israeli spy software called Pegasus on surveillance.
The IJU wanted the Government to come out clean on the allegations. The IJU demands the Government to order a judicial inquiry headed by a Supreme Court Judge and take appropriate steps to set things right at the earliest.
G. Prabhakaran, Secretary General, Indian Journalists’ Union, New Delhi.