MHA denies purchasing Pegasus spyware

New Delhi: The Cyber & Information Security (CIS) division of Ministry of Home Affairs on Thursday said that there was no information on any order being given to purchase Israeli sypware Pegasus, implying that this arm of the ministry had not bought the software which is at the centre of an alleged snooping row globally, and in India.

In reply to an RTI query by one Saurav Das, SK Bhalla, director of the CIS-II and CPIO under MHA said, “In this regard, it is informed that no information is available with the undersigned CPIO”.

The reply by the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) added that an appeal can be filed against the response in 30 days