Tarn Taran/Jalandhar: Human rights activist and lawyer Jagdeep Singh And Jaspal Singh Manjhpur He always suspected that various government intelligence agencies were spying on him, so he was not surprised when his names surfaced in the Pegasus spy row. According to Randhawa, forensic examination of his mobile phone by the security laboratory of Amnesty International confirmed that it was under surveillance. Pegasus spyware.
Speaking to TOI on Friday, Randhawa said, “My job is to investigate and look into human rights violations by the government, which means I point out government sponsored misconduct and wrongdoings… Will spy on me.” .
Similarly, Majhpur said, “I have always assumed that my phone was being listened to by the intelligence and security system.”
Randhawa who is a legal advisor to a human rights organization Khalra Mission Organization (KMO) said, “It could be the Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) or any other agency.”
He said that the KMO had earlier complained to the Commissioner of Police, Amritsar. International Court of Justice to claim that operation bluestar The army operation to drive out terrorists hiding inside the Golden Temple was not only illegal, but a genocide. “We are investigating several cases of human rights excesses committed by the government, including forced disappearances and human rights violations,” Randhawa said.
KMO Patron Paramjit Kaur Khalra said, “I suspect that mobile phones of KMO office bearers including me have been compromised by Pegasus, but nothing will scare us or stop us from doing our humanitarian work.”
According to the latest report in The Wire on the Pegasus snooping case, Manjhpur, whose name was mentioned as a possible candidate for surveillance in mid-2018, said that he has been sent to the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB). was called by. Delhi informed around the same time and informed that it is already under high surveillance.
Manjhpur remained the lawyer for most of the people booked by the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He is also the defense lawyer in cases against UK national Jagtar Singh ‘Jaggi’ Johal. The Wire also clarified that since Manjhpour’s phone was not available for forensic examination, it cannot be confirmed whether it was an attempted attack or tampered with by Pegasus.
But he said, “I went to Canada in April 2018 and on my return I was called to Delhi by IB and RAW officials in June or July 2018. They didn’t indicate that my phone was under surveillance but I had everything else.” Including what I spoke in private and public meetings during my visit to Canada in April 2018,” he told TOI on Friday.
“Intelligence officers also said that a Canadian ‘agency’ was asking them to take action against me and warned that I should not go to Canada again or else I will face action there…”.
“Spying on a lawyer is also a breach of confidentiality between an advocate and his client,” Manjhpur alleged, who himself was booked under UAPA in 2009 but was acquitted in 2014.
4 names from Punjab Until now
So far, four names have emerged from Punjab as targets or potential targets of Pegasus spyware. Before the names of human rights advocates Jaspal Singh Manjhpur and Jagdeep Singh Randhawa surfaced, the names of two journalists focusing on Sikh issues, Jaspal Singh Heron, editor of Punjabi daily Pehredar and Bhupinder Singh Sajjan, who runs his own YouTube channel, had cropped up. .
Speaking to TOI on Friday, Randhawa said, “My job is to investigate and look into human rights violations by the government, which means I point out government sponsored misconduct and wrongdoings… Will spy on me.” .
Similarly, Majhpur said, “I have always assumed that my phone was being listened to by the intelligence and security system.”
Randhawa who is a legal advisor to a human rights organization Khalra Mission Organization (KMO) said, “It could be the Intelligence Bureau, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) or any other agency.”
He said that the KMO had earlier complained to the Commissioner of Police, Amritsar. International Court of Justice to claim that operation bluestar The army operation to drive out terrorists hiding inside the Golden Temple was not only illegal, but a genocide. “We are investigating several cases of human rights excesses committed by the government, including forced disappearances and human rights violations,” Randhawa said.
KMO Patron Paramjit Kaur Khalra said, “I suspect that mobile phones of KMO office bearers including me have been compromised by Pegasus, but nothing will scare us or stop us from doing our humanitarian work.”
According to the latest report in The Wire on the Pegasus snooping case, Manjhpur, whose name was mentioned as a possible candidate for surveillance in mid-2018, said that he has been sent to the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB). was called by. Delhi informed around the same time and informed that it is already under high surveillance.
Manjhpur remained the lawyer for most of the people booked by the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA). He is also the defense lawyer in cases against UK national Jagtar Singh ‘Jaggi’ Johal. The Wire also clarified that since Manjhpour’s phone was not available for forensic examination, it cannot be confirmed whether it was an attempted attack or tampered with by Pegasus.
But he said, “I went to Canada in April 2018 and on my return I was called to Delhi by IB and RAW officials in June or July 2018. They didn’t indicate that my phone was under surveillance but I had everything else.” Including what I spoke in private and public meetings during my visit to Canada in April 2018,” he told TOI on Friday.
“Intelligence officers also said that a Canadian ‘agency’ was asking them to take action against me and warned that I should not go to Canada again or else I will face action there…”.
“Spying on a lawyer is also a breach of confidentiality between an advocate and his client,” Manjhpur alleged, who himself was booked under UAPA in 2009 but was acquitted in 2014.
4 names from Punjab Until now
So far, four names have emerged from Punjab as targets or potential targets of Pegasus spyware. Before the names of human rights advocates Jaspal Singh Manjhpur and Jagdeep Singh Randhawa surfaced, the names of two journalists focusing on Sikh issues, Jaspal Singh Heron, editor of Punjabi daily Pehredar and Bhupinder Singh Sajjan, who runs his own YouTube channel, had cropped up. .
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