The Mumbai Police on Saturday recorded the statement of Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut in the illegal phone tapping case against senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla. This comes a day after Raut was served a notice to record his statement. His statement was recorded as a witness by officials of Colaba police station at the office of Shiv Sena mouthpiece 'Saamna' in Central Mumbai.

Earlier on Thursday, Mumbai's Colaba police station recorded statements of senior NCP leader Eknath Khadse and Khadse's personal assistant in the phone tapping case for about two hours. In this case, Colaba Police interrogated Rashmi Shukla twice, calling her to the police station. Recently, the Colaba police started the investigation by registering a case against senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla under the Telegraph Act. So far, the police have interrogated Rashmi Shukla twice in connection with the case.