The Chattisgarh government constituted a three-member committee over the weekend to look into reports that the Israeli spyware group, NSO Group, had pitched its malware Pegasus to the Chattisgarh police 2-3 years ago. The Indian Express first reported this development. Gaurav Dwivedi, the secretary to the chief minister, told MediaNama that this committee is not specific to NSO, but “there were some indications to this effect, that there were some presentations made, and we will [launch] an inquiry into that”. He told us that the Principal Secretary (Home), Subrat Sahoo, will head the committee and be assisted by other officers. He will be accompanied by the Raipur IG Anand Chhabda and the director of department of public relations, Taran Prakash Sinha. The IE report said that the committee would be assisted by the state DGP. “If necessary, the committee can call for anybody to assist,” Dwivedi clarified. The deadline for the committee will be one month, but the official order has not been received by committee members yet. “I am yet to receive an official order, the CM house has confirmed it,” Sahoo told MediaNama. “Any work will be started after we receive the official communication. [There is a delay in receipt of orders] because all these events took place over the weekend,” he explained. “Their [state’s] intention is clear, but the official order is yet to reach me.” Chattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel also tweeted about this yesterday: "We have taken the reports that some people of Chattisgarh had…
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