Police beef up safety exterior Fadnavis’ dwelling forward of recording of his assertion in alleged telephone tapping case
By PTI
MUMBAI: Police on Sunday tightened safety exterior the residence of senior BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis in south Mumbai and the BKC cyber police station forward of the recording of his assertion in a case of alleged unlawful tapping of telephones, an official stated.
The Mumbai cyber police had issued a discover to former Maharashtra chief minister Fadnavis, asking him to seem earlier than them on Sunday in reference to the case.
Fadnavis, nonetheless, on Saturday stated a senior police officer referred to as to tell him that police will go to his residence to take the required data and there was no want for him to go to the police station.
Since a police crew will go to the BJP chief’s residence in Malabar Hill space, occasion supporters might assemble there and outdoors the BKC cyber police station, therefore further police personnel, together with ladies, have been deployed at each the locations, the official stated.
Phones of political leaders, together with state Congress chief Nana Patole, minister Bachchu Kadu, former MLA Ashish Deshmukh, former MP Sanjay Kakade and others have been tapped illegally by IPS officer Rashmi Shukla, when she was the state intelligence chief, Maharashtra Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil had alleged final month.
“In the notice issued to Fadnavis, police have said that questionnaires were earlier sent to him in sealed envelopes in connection with the case, but he did not respond to them. Besides, notices were also issued to him twice to seek his reply, but he had again failed to reply,” the police official stated.
In addition to this, three letters have been despatched to Fadnavis, reminding him to seem earlier than the police. However, he had failed to present any reply, he stated.
A case was registered underneath the Official Secrets Act on the BKC cyber police station right here final 12 months in opposition to unidentified individuals for allegedly illegally tapping telephones and leaking confidential paperwork. The grievance was lodged by the State Intelligence Department (SID).
However, earlier than the FIR was registered, the then Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte had alleged in his inquiry report that IPS officer Rashmi Shukla had leaked the confidential report.
Shukla is accused of tapping telephones of political leaders and senior officers illegally when she was chief of the SID. She discovered herself on the centre of controversy after Fadnavis cited a letter purportedly written by her to the then Maharashtra Director General of Police about alleged corruption in transfers within the police division.
The letter additionally had particulars of intercepted telephone calls, resulting in an uproar with leaders of the Shiv Sena-led ruling coalition alleging that Shukla tapped telephones with out permission.
