New Delhi: The central government on Monday told the Supreme Court that the government will set up a committee of experts to examine allegations of the surveillance of Indian citizens with the Israeli Pegasus spyware even as it cited “vested interests” behind the controversy.
“With a view to dispel any wrong narrative spread by certain vested interests and with an object of examining the issues raised, the Union of India will constitute a committee of experts in the field which will go into all aspects of the issue,” stated the affidavit, filed through the ministry of electronics and information technology, Hindustan Times report said adding that a bench, headed by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, is set to hear a clutch of demanding a court-monitored independent investigation into the alleged snooping later in the day.
The three-page short affidavit by the ministry has denied all the accusations relating to the alleged surveillance, contending the petitions before the court “are based on conjectures and surmises or on other unsubstantiated media reports or incomplete or uncorroborated material, the report added.