Ahmedabad, May 20 -- The Gujarat Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has caught two persons, including a minor, for allegedly hacking Indian websites and posting anti-India messages online, officials said on Tuesday.

According to officials, the accused include a minor boy and an another individual identified as Jaseem Shahnawaz Ansari (a resident of Nadiad in Kheda district of Gujarat).

Both were running a Telegram channel where they shared proof of their hacking activities, they said.

During the recent Operation Sindoor, the ATS received multiple alerts about hackers targeting Indian websites.

According to ATS DIG Sunil Joshi, "We often receive information about such cyber-attacks. During the operation, we found that anti-national elements we...