The Supreme Court-appointed Pegasus probe panel on Thursday said only two persons have submitted mobile phones and decided to extend the submission date up to February 8. In an advertisement, the panel said persons can sit along with the technical committee while copying the phone. This is the second advertisement by the Justice RV Raveendran committee.
“In response to it, only two persons have produced their mobile instruments for taking digital images. Therefore, the Technical Committee once again requests those who have reasonable cause to believe their mobile instrument is infected with Pegasus spyware to come forward and contact the Technical Committee with reasons as to why they believe that their mobile instrument may have been infected with Pegasus malware, on or before February 8, 2022, by an email to inquiry@pegasus-india-investigation.in,” it said.
The Pioneer journalist J Gopikrishnan had already submitted a mobile phone to the panel on January 12. Another person who submitted the phone to the panel is Rupesh Kumar Singh, a tribal activist from Jharkhand. He was also a petitioner to the apex court seeking a probe in the Pegasus controversy.
“When an instrument is produced, a digital image will be taken in the presence of the person producing the instrument and immediately thereafter, the instrument will be returned to the person producing it. A digital image copy will also be furnished to the person producing the mobile instrument,” said the panel.
Justice Raveendran headed the Pegasus probe panel consisting of Advisers former RAW chief Alok Joshi and technocrat Sundeep Oberoi. The Technical Committee consists of Professors Naveen Kumar Chaudhary, Prabaharan, and Ashwin Gumaste. The Technical Committee has opened an office at the IIT Delhi campus for receiving mobile phones and digital copying.