Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian on Monday claimed his Twitter account was hacked after a tweet advertising an escort service was posted from his verified handle. Subramanian issued an apology for the “nuisance/offensive tweets” that were sent out because of the hacking.
The text of the tweet, which was later removed, read, “Is it difficult for you to find a right partner who will accept any of your crazy desires?” A picture of a scantily-clad woman along with the caption, “Meet by choice, not by chance” was also attached to the tweet. A link, presumably to the website of the service being advertised, was also posted.
Subramanian took over as CEA in October 2014, a year after former Reserve Bank of India Raghuram Rajan left the post to head the central bank. He currently has approximately 43,000 followers on the microblogging website.
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