Twitter suspends account of Pranay Pathole, a Musk buddy from India

New Delhi: Twitter on Thursday suspended the account of Pranay Pathole, a 24-year-old IT professional from India who has been a Twitter friend of Elon Musk for many years.

The microblogging platform has also suspended the Silicon Valley Twitter owner’s account for violating its policies.

“Let’s dig into this now,” Musk tweeted.

Pathole’s account was also suspended for violating Twitter’s rules.

In August, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Musk met his Twitter friend from Pune at his Gigafactory in Texas.

Pathole, who works as a software developer for Tata Consulting Services, said it was great to meet Musk in person.

“Great to see you @elonmusk at Gigafactory Texas. Never seen such a humble and down-to-earth person. You are an inspiration to millions,” he said in a tweet, posting a photo of Musk with him.

Musk and Pathole have been friends since 2018 on Twitter and continue to discuss a multitude of topics from space to cars, etc.

In May, Musk said that he doesn’t run Pathole’s Twitter account.