Private investigator hired by Adani secretly photographed activist's daughter on way to school

Exclusive: investigator's affidavit shows he surveilled and followed anti-Adani activist Ben Pennings' wife and daughter

A private investigator working for Adani took covert photographs of an environmental activist walking his nine-year-old daughter to primary school, court documents have revealed.

The affidavit of the investigator - who was instructed by lawyers representing Adani in its civil case against activist Ben Pennings - also revealed he surveilled Pennings' wife, trawled her Facebook page and followed her to work.