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Team to probe alleged phone tapping during Assembly polls

Updated on: 04 February,2020 05:00 AM IST  | 

Team to probe alleged phone tapping during Assembly polls

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A Correspondent mailbag@ mid- day. com A TEAM of a senior IAS and IPS officers each has been readied to probe the alleged phone- tapping of Shiv Sena, Congress and NCP leaders during the 2019 Assembly polls.

u201c Shrikant Singh, additional chief secretary of Home department, and Amitesh Kumar, joint commissioner of State Intelligence Department, have been asked to submit a report within six weeks,u201d said Deshmukh adding that the probe would also look into the visit of senior officers to Israel. He said after the Maha Vikas Aghadi government came to power, several Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress leaders complained of their phones being tapped during the Vidhan Sabha elections.


u201c This abuse of power has serious implications for national security and right to freedom and privacy as enshrined in the Constitution,u201d he said.



u201c I will personally meet the AP home minister and law minister to get acquainted with the law and its formation,u201d he said, adding that Mondayu2019s attack was heinous and the accused was arrested immediately.

u201c We will ensure that the accused who injured the teacher seriously gets a harsh punishment,u201d he said.

u2018 This abuse of power has serious implications with respect to national security and right to freedom and privacy as enshrined in the Constitutionu2019 Anil Deshmukh, home minister Team to probe alleged phone tapping during Assembly polls Two- member team of an IAS and IPS officer will submit probe report to home minister in six weeks; ex- CM accused of misusing power

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