The founder and CEO of Telegram, Pavel Durov, has leveled some serious allegations against the Indian telecommunications company Reliance. According to Durov, Reliance uses technology to disrupt the networks of Telegram for millions of users that use Telegram services in several countries, such as United Arab Emirates (UAE).

According to Pavel, the company employs BGP hijacking to prevent people from accessing Telegram services. The reason for this being the fact that there have been numerous incidents reported, but nothing has been done yet.

Pavel states that this issue makes it difficult for many people who use Telegram outside of India.

The Telegram chief also linked this entire issue to business competition. He stated that Reliance owns a stake in Meta, which is the parent company of WhatsApp. According to Durov, this development could be part of the growing competition between the two messaging platforms. However, he did not publicly share any independent technical evidence to support his claims.

Durov has advised network operators worldwide not to accept any unauthorized BGP announcements coming from Reliance's autonomous system number AS18101. He states that doing so could prevent potential route hijacking and ensure stable and uninterrupted connectivity for internet users.

In his statement, Durov described the alleged misuse of the global internet routing system as concerning. He also said that he would not be surprised if similar business interests were behind the recent efforts to ban Telegram in India. However, he did not provide any direct evidence to support this claim.

At present, there has been no official response from Reliance, Meta, or WhatsApp to these allegations. Furthermore, Durov's claims have not been independently verified. Therefore, these allegations are currently being viewed as the Telegram chief's assertions.