A report from the Financial Times alleges that the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is engaged in citizen surveillance through the acquisition of advanced surveillance tools from Israeli technology firms such as Cognyte and Septier. The report by FT claims that these surveillance systems have been set up at subsea cable landing stations, enabling India's security agencies to monitor the private data and communications of its vast population of 1.4 billion individuals. Septier, an Israeli company, is said to have supplied its lawful interception technology to prominent telecom groups, including Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea, and Singapore's Singtel, as per the report.