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Industries Minister Murugesh Nirani shocked at hacking of his handle, complains to Twitter and will contact Bengaluru cyber cell cops
BENGALURU:
Karnataka’s Large and Medium Industries Minister Murugesh R Nirani was shocked to find that his official Twitter handle @NiraniMurugesh was hacked on Tuesday.
The location on the handle was shared as Doha, Qatar and a burkha-clad woman’s picture comes with Nirani’s handle.

‘Please ignore fake messages’
“My Twitter handle @NiraniMurugesh has been hacked from an unknown foreign location today. We do not know the exact origin and identity of the culprit. I urge everyone not to fall prey to any fraudulent messages posted by hackers and ignore any derogatory and unparliamentary messages on my account. We have lodged a complaint with Twitter and soon will lodge a complaint with the cyber cell police in Bengaluru,” Nirani’s office said in a media release.
“We are making efforts to retrieve the Twitter account, which is an important vehicle of communication with our people,” the release added.
