Phone Tapping Case: Mumbai Police Ask Ex Maha CM To Record His Statement Tomorrow

Mumbai, Mar 12: The Cyber Crime Cell of Mumbai Police, probing into the alleged leak of a confidential report on phone-tapping, has issued a notice to BJP’s Leader of Opposition and former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis, asking him to appear before the Cell on Sunday at 11 am for recording his statement.

While confirming this news to media, Fadnavis said, “I have been summoned by the Cyber Cell for recording my statement. i will go there accordingly and record the statement.” “As a Leader of Opposition, I have the right to express my views. The government has no right to ask my source of information,” he added.

Apparently, the then State Intelligence commissioner Rashmi Shukla had tapped phones of certain persons after securing permission of the competent authority. According to reports, the information gathered during phone tapping pertained to transfer and posting of IPS and other police officials when senior NCP leader Anil Deshmukh was the Home minister. UNI