Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) MP Supriya Sule Sunday alleged that her phone and WhatsApp have been hacked, requesting people not to contact her. "My phone and WhatsApp have been hacked. Please do not message or call me. Please note that I am filing a police complaint," Sule wrote in a social media post. According to a source close to the NCP (SP) leader, a police complaint regarding the hacking was lodged online, news agency PTI reported.
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This incident is part of a series of hacking reports involving political leaders and their relatives in the past month. In July, Iltija Mufti, daughter of former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti, claimed she received an Apple notification warning that her iPhone might have been targeted by "mercenary spyware" like the NSO Group's Pegasus.
In a post on the social media platform X, she stated, "Got an Apple alert that my phone’s been hacked by Pegasus which GOI has admittedly procured & weaponised to harass critics & political opponents…"
Meanwhile, the elections for Maharashtra's 288-member legislative assembly are expected to take place in October. In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the MVA secured 30 out of the state's 48 parliamentary seats, while the Mahayuti (BJP-Shinde Sena-NCP) coalition won only 17 seats.