Mamata Forms Panel to Investigate West Bengal Espionage Allegations | India News

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KOLKATA (Reuters) – The West Bengal government on Monday set up a two-member commission to investigate allegations of espionage in the state stemming from the Pegasus problem, with CM Mamata Banerjee saying we must wake those who refuse to to wake up. The panel includes retired Supreme Court Justice Madan B Lokur and former Calcutta Chief Justice HC Jyotirmay Bhattacharya. We were hoping the Center would order an SC-monitored probe, but they didn’t, Bengal is the first state to do so, Mamata said. Last week, she had requested that the Center set up a probe panel monitored by SC. The commission was established under the Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952. The 12-point mandate of the commission is to determine whether interceptions have taken place and the identity of state and non-state actors involved in those interceptions. reported. The investigation will be in West Bengal into illegal hacking, control, surveillance and tracking. These are illegal, Mamata said. The commission has a six-month mandate to begin with and has been empowered to use state and central officials and investigative agencies, with their consent, to investigate the case. The commission was also tasked with identifying how the spyware attacks took place. Judge Lokur declined to comment on the development. I have not yet received the official communication, he told TOI from Delhi. Ex-Calcutta HC CJ Bhattacharya also said he had yet to receive the official notification.

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