India seeks US, Saudi help to track down IP addresses

India has sought help from the US and Saudi Arabia to track down the internet protocol (IP) addresses of the webpages where morphed images and videos were uploaded to create social unrest in the country.

Technical details and IP addresses are being sought from the two countries by sending letters rogatory (LR) as computer servers of Google, Facebook and Twitter are located in America, while several inflammatory contents were uploaded in some of the webpages in Saudi Arabia.

Union Home Secretary R K Singh spoke to Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai and apprised him of the information about bulk of the morphed images being sourced to Pakistan. Home Ministry officials said information gathered through LR is acceptable in a court of law as legal evidence and these will be shared with Pakistan.