(With PTI inputs)

NEW DELHI: NEW DELHI: Indian Twitterverse was reeling from a spate of hackings on Tuesday, after the accounts of several 'desi' personages were allegedly targeted by a Turkish 'pro-Pakistan' group.The Twitter accounts of BJP national secretary Ram Madhav , veteran actor Anupam Kher, Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta and economist Kaushik Basu were hacked by a group calling itself 'Turkish cyber army ayyildiz tim'.Kher said in a text message to PTI that he received a link from Swapan Dasgupta in a direct message, a first ever from him yesterday, which he clicked upon.While it is not yet known exactly how Madhav's account was hacked, both his and Kher's pages had retweeted posts in Turkish and also featured the emoji of Turkey 's flag.Kher, who is currently in Los Angeles, said he got to know about the breach from his friends in India and has alerted the microblogging site about the incident.Following this, his account was temporarily suspended. Swapan Dasgupta's account remains offline, and a message reading 'Caution: This account is temporarily restricted' is currently displayed on the page.The latest victim of the cyber-attackers is Puducherry governor Kiran Bedi, whose account was hacked later in the day. The blue tick of Bedi's verified handle disappeared and the cover image was also changed. The hackers posted the message: "We are protesting the continuous closure of our social media accounts! As long as you do not remove the embargo that you apply to us, all social media users around the world are at risk! (sic)"Economist Kaushik Basu's Twitter account had also been hacked by the same group. One of the tweets by the hacker group read 'I love Pakistan.' Basu's account has now been restored.Following these reports, Twitter issued this warning: "Our teams are working to resolve an issue affecting a small number of Indian users. We will notify affected account holders directly. Reminder: do not click on links in DMs coming from unknown accounts."