Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy on Monday ordered an investigation into a media report that
the Special Branch of the state police had allegedly drawn up
a plan to hack the personal e-mail of some prominent Muslim
leaders and cultural personalities in the state.
According to an official release, the Chief Minister has
asked ADGP Sen Kumar to conduct an investigation into the
matter.
A prominent Malayalam daily has reported that the SB-CID,
the intelligence wing of the state police, had drawn up a list
of 258 persons from the community for hacking, which included
leaders of the Indian Union Muslim League, the second largest
partner in the ruling Congress-led UDF.
The report claimed that the police had sought to obtain
from the service providers the password and log-in details of
the persons in the list.
Alleging that it was an attempt at religious profiling,
the report said, apart from political figures, the list also
included mediapersons, professionals and students from the
minority community.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 00:01