Naidu, Rijiju, Sitharaman fall victim to WhatsApp impersonation, probe shows IP addresses of Pakistan, Hong Kong

n high-profile WhatsApp impersonation cases over the last three years targeting former Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Union Ministers Nirmala Sitharaman and Kiren Rijiju, and CJI D Y Chandrachud, among others, probe revealed IP addresses of Pakistan, Hong Kong and Nigeria after analysing the WhatsApp accounts involved in these offences.

Earlier this week, the cyber-police station of New Delhi district police lodged an FIR under BNS Section 204 (whoever pretends to hold any particular office as a public servant) and 66 (C) of the IT Act based on a complaint from an inspector of the security wing of Supreme Court Pawan Kumar, who alleged that someone was pretending to be CJI Chandrachud on X and asking for money.