Gwalior: Police have registered an FIR after the Facebook account of Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia was hacked in Gwalior.
The DSP of the Crime Branch said, "Between July 7-8, his account was hacked by an unknown person. His Facebook account was being run by his IT cell, which is under investigation."
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's Facebook account was hacked and some old videos and photos were uploaded. However, it has been claimed that the hacking was stopped till morning and the data has been recovered.
Rajya Sabha member Jyotiraditya Scindia was sworn in as a Union Minister on Wednesday, after which suddenly around two o'clock in the night, people witnessed many posts from his Facebook account, which included his statements and videos when he was in Congress.
There was a stir as soon as these photos and videos were posted. Scindia's supporter Krishna Ghatge said that Facebook hacking was stopped till morning and all the data was also recovered.
Rajya Sabha MP from Madhya Pradesh Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given the important charge of the Civil Aviation Ministry.
Earlier, the independent charge of the Civil Aviation Ministry was with Hardeep Puri. Jyotiraditya Scindia has been given a place in the Modi cabinet expansion for the first time after he quit Congress and joined the saffron party and played a pertinent role in bringing back the Shivraj Singh Chouhan govt in power in Madhya Pradesh.
(With inputs from Vikas Bhadauria)