Pegasus: Rahul Gandhi, Prashant Kishor among those allegedly targeted

Other top targets in India included Gagandeep Kang, one of India's eminent medical scientists, former election commissioner Ashok Lavasa and several others

At least two phone numbers of top Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were reportedly selected for surveillance through Pegasus spyware, the Guardian --- part of the global media consortium that led an investigation into how the Israeli spyware was used to target journalists, activists and govt officials worldwide -- reported.

Those selected included not only Gandhi but some of his staff members and close friends, the investigation revealed.

Other top targets in India included political advisor Prashant Kishor, who helped Mamata Banerjee win Bengal elections, Gagandeep Kang, a professor at the Wellcome Trust Research Laboratory of Christian Medical