the telephone tapping scandal. In June 2011, Indian media broke the news that CAG has found that Israeli UAVs bought by NTRO in 2007 at the cost of was lying unused as the bundled satellite link purchased was not meant for dedicated military transmission, which would have made it vulnerable to electronic eavesdropping. An internal enquiry was ordered by PMO to find out if there has been a case of financial corruption. The Supreme Court of India, has ordered a probe into the allegations of financial irregularities in the procurement of military hardware. The lawsuit was filed by a whistleblower VK Mittal, who resigned as a senior scientist of NTRO and pursued initiatives to unmask the officers behind the scandals. The court also observed that it might have to monitor the investigation, given the nature of allegations which point to systemic corruption in the procurement of surveillance equipment. In later proceedings Supreme court of India clarified its stand on the progress of the investigation In September 2011, an article appeared in The Times of India about how the spy agency had to force an officer 'to quit in 2007 after he used counter-intelligence equipment, including a hidden camera, to bug the bathroom of its security and counter-intelligence director in NTRO headquarters in Delhi. The official was found guilty of placing a hidden, 'pin-hole' camera in the bathroom and linking it to his office computer. The bathroom, located on the second floor of the building, was used by not just the counterintelligence director Anil Malhotra but several other officials, including women staffers.' The incident came to light in September 2007 itself, but was hushed up. In August 2011, a whistleblower reported that NTRO has tapped 750,000 phones illegally. The matter was hushed up and no investigation was done. In April 2013, the department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) accused NTRO of cracking national informatics center (NIC) network. See also NATGRID NETRA Mass surveillance in India Central Monitoring System Telecom Enforcement Resource and Monitoring Multi Agency Centre (India) List of Indian intelligence agencies References External links Govt to DoT: Ensure strict verification for SIMs Technical research agency planned in State National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) - Official website Indian intelligence agencies Research and Analysis Wing 2004 establishments in Delhi Cyber Security in India