The Maharashtra government today withdrew its "Mahamitra" app from Google Play Store, with the Directorate General of Information and Public Relations (DGIPR) claiming that "it was not necessary to continue the app as its purpose was fulfilled".
On March 27, former Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan had alleged that the app was transferring data to a private trust called Anulom.
He had said that Anulom was started by one Atul Waze with the "blessings" of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
Questioning its withdrawal, Chavan today said, " The controversial Mahamitra application (Version: 1.1.6) of the DGIPR has now been withdrawn from Google Play Store. After a completely vacuous and misleading statement made by Minister of State for Home Affairs in the Legislative Assembly on March 27, which tried to reply to charges levelled, the DGIPR has taken down the Mahamitra mobile application from its website in a hurry."
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