On January 2, 2022, the technical committee appointed by the Supreme Court had issued a public notice asking citizens and alleged victims of the Pegasus spyware to come forward and contact the panel if they suspected that their mobile devices were infected by Pegasus malware.
In an internal forensic analysis conducted by the world's largest telecommunication company, it was discovered that a total of 19,00,003 (19 lac) cell phones were compromised.
“He is not cooperating in the ongoing probe. We have found many documents regarding financial transactions and digital files," said a Crime Branch official.