Phone Tapping Case: Maharashtra IPS Officer Moves High Court Against FIR

Rashmi Shukla's advocate Sameer Nangre sought an urgent hearing of the plea, saying the petitioner, a senior IPS officer of 1988 cadre, was apprehending arrest in the case.

Senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla moved the Bombay High Court on Monday, seeking no coercive action against her in connection with an FIR registered by Mumbai police in a case of illegal phone tapping and alleged leaking of sensitive documents related to police postings. Ms Shukla's advocate Sameer Nangre sought an urgent hearing of the plea, saying the petitioner, a senior IPS officer of 1988 cadre, was apprehending arrest in the case. Mr Nangre also sought a direction to the police to not take any coercive action against Ms Shukla. "The approach of the State is to arm-twist the petitioner by a bogus and frivolous case," the plea alleged.