Panaji, Feb 3 (IANS) Unknown persons have hacked into the email account of a Goa Congress leader Vijay Sardesai, who is seeking to contest the hotly contested assembly seat of Fatorda, 40 km from here.

Police said the influential but controversial politician had stated that the IP address from which the email account vijaysardesai4fatorda@gmail.com was hacked originated in Honduras and Thailand.
“The hacking occurred between Jan 28 and 30. And the hackers sent across a lot of email saying untoward things from the email address,” a police official said.