The website of the Institute of Science was observed hacked on Sunday with the hackers empathizing themselves as 'Dragon Force Malaysia.' Their message was on the homepage-'It is a special operation on the insult of our Prophet Mohammad', Police said. The recondition work of the website is going on, they said.

Highlights

The hacking of the website eventuated amid protests in parts of the country
Protests took place due the disagreeable remarks made on Prophet Mohammad
The website was hacked via malware.

Constructed in 1906, the Institute of Science, Nagpur, is one of the historic colleges in Nagpur. It is the former pure science higher educational institute in central India and is affiliated with Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University.

The hacking of the website eventuated amid protests in parts of the country over the disagreeable remarks made on Prophet Mohammad by now-suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma and defenestrated party leader Naveen KumarJindal. Several countries, including Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indonesia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Jordan, Bahrain, Maldives, Malaysia, Oman, Iraq, and Libya, have besmirched their comments.

'The home page of the website conveyed a message in which people were impulsed to unite and start a campaign against India. The website was hacked via malware. The hackers identified themselves as 'Dragon Force Malaysia', 'police inspector (Cyber) Nitin Phatangare mentioned.

The Message Anexxed on the website's homepage read: 'It is a special operation on the insult of our Prophet Mohammad. We witnessed that you guys had disparaged Muslim people publicly...' Police have instigated an investigation, the official said.

A similar case was reported in Mumbai on Saturday. Since then, we were on alert,' Phatangare added.