The technical inquiry committee formed into the Pegasus espionage case in India has presented its report in the Supreme Court.

The report said that no strong evidence of spyware was found in any of the mobile phones deposited with him for investigation. The report also said that malware has been found in five phones.

However, the report also said that the central government did not fully cooperate in the investigation.

After this the BJP criticized the Congress and their leader Rahul Gandhi. While the Congress criticized the Modi government for not cooperating with the inquiry committee.

BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad, in a press conference held at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, accused the Congress that the campaign launched by it in the matter was false and motivated by ill-will.

He said that this campaign was an attempt to defame PM Modi.

Ravi Shankar Prasad has also alleged that the problem of Rahul Gandhi and his party is that they have enmity with PM Modi and his government and they resort to lies to take their party forward.

According to Ravi Shankar Prasad, "Rahul Gandhi had said that Pegasus is an attempt to crush democracy and it is an attack on the country and its institutions."

On the other hand, Congress has targeted the Modi government for not cooperating with the inquiry committee. Congress has written by tweeting that the attitude of the Modi government regarding the Pegasus espionage scandal has been suspicious since the beginning.

Congress says that the report of the inquiry committee raises many questions on the functioning of the Modi government.

What did the Supreme Court say today?

The report of the inquiry committee into the Pegasus espionage case was opened in the Supreme Court on Thursday, 25 August 2022. After perusing this report, the court has observed that during the investigation of the Pegasus spy case, no evidence was found of the presence of any spyware in most of the mobile phones.

Based on the report of the committee headed by former Supreme Court judge Justice RV Raveendran, the court said that Pegasus spyware was not found in any of the 29 mobile phones that were submitted for investigation. However, the court did point out that malware other than Pegasus was found in 5 phones.

However, referring to the recommendation of the inquiry committee, the Supreme Court has said that the laws made for surveillance should be amended. The investigative committee has also stated the need to strengthen the country's cyber security and has also recommended the creation of a special investigative agency to investigate cyber attacks in the country.

The committee in its report has criticized the central government for not cooperating fully with the committee while investigating malware or spyware in mobile phones.

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