New Delhi, June 17 -- Telegram CEO Pavel Durov on Tuesday charged at Mukesh Ambani's Reliance after the Indian government imposed a temporary ban on the messaging app. He accused Reliance of sabotaging access to messaging platform for millions of users outside India through Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) hijacking method. This statement came after the National Testing Agency (NTA) issued an order to block Telegram until 22 June ahead of National Eligibility Entrance Test (Undergraduate) (NEET [UG]) scheduled for 21 June.

In a post on X, Pavel Durov wrote, "Indian telecom Reliance is sabotaging access to Telegram for millions of users OUTSIDE India (including the UAE) via a rogue method called BGP hijacking. The sabotage seems intentional,...