Tech used on tortured Palestinian detainees: Amit Shah waived Make in India rule for NIA to buy Israeli firm Cellebrite's phone-unlocking tool; Congress-ruled states also join

The Union government, through an exemption approved by Amit Shah, cleared the NIA's purchase of an Israeli Cellebrite phone-unlocking tool used on Palestinian detainees, as other central agencies and the Congress-ruled states of Kerala, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh also sought the technology, an IFF investigation has found.