Mumbai police team reaches BJP leader Fadnavis' home to record his statement in phone tapping case
India Today
A team of the Mumbai Police reached the home of BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis on Sunday to record his statement in the case regarding alleged illegal tapping of phones.
A team of the Mumbai Police's cyber crime wing reached BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis' home around noon on Sunday to record his statement in connection with a case of alleged illegal tapping of phones.
Earlier, the Mumbai cyber police had issued a notice to former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis asking him to appear before them on Sunday. However, on Saturday, the leader said a senior police officer had called and informed him that the police team would visit him instead.
The police team consisted of Assistant Commissioner of Police Nitin Jadhav and two inspectors.
Heavy security was deployed outside Fadnavis' home in Malabar Hill area of south Mumbai on Sunday.
Maharashtra home minister Dilip Walse Patil alleged last month that the phones of various political leaders - including state Congress chief Nana Patole, minister Bachchu Kadu, former MLA Ashish Deshmukh and former MP Sanjay Kakade - were tapped illegally by IPS officer Rashmi Shukla when she was the state intelligence chief.
Rashmi Shukla found herself at the centre of controversy after Devendra Fadnavis cited a letter purportedly written by her to the then Maharashtra Director General of Police about alleged corruption in transfers in the police department.
The letter also had details of intercepted phone calls, leading to an uproar with leaders of the Shiv Sena-led ruling coalition alleging that Shukla tapped phones without permission.
