Damoh Collector Pratap Narayan Yadav uncovered an alleged surveillance breach inside his office after using a mobile phone and live news broadcast to detect possible bugging. It was supposed to be a routine morning inside the Collectorate of Damoh, one of Madhya Pradesh’s quieter administrative districts. Collector Pratap Narayan Yadav had allegedly just settled into his chamber and was huddled with a small circle of officers, planning a surprise inspection of a government department. The doors were shut, and the conversation restricted to his inner circle. Within minutes, however, the collector got a phone call from the very department he was preparing to inspect. “The caller said, ‘Sir, we heard you are coming to inspect the department’. I did not divulge this to anyone. How could they know about a conversation that hasn’t left the room?” Yadav said. “That immediately raised red flags.” Yadav, who had been posted to Damoh only recently, realised his office was being bugged.…