Pegasus row: Centre hints at filing second affidavit in SC

New Delhi:The Union government on Tuesday signalled a rethink of its previous stand against filing a detailed response in the Supreme Court on a clutch of petitions demanding a court-monitored probe into the alleged surveillance of Indian citizens using Pegasus spyware. This came on a day the apex court was expected to pass orders on the constitution of a committee and other ancillary issues related to an independent inquiry.

On August 17, the Centre told the top court that it has nothing to add to its three-page affidavit on the Pegasus snooping matter filed on August 16 which neither confirmed nor denied the use of the military-grade spyware to hack phones of ministers, politicians, businessmen, activists and journalists.