Phone tapping: IPS officer Rashmi Shukla moves Bombay HC against FIR
The Hindu
Senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla's advocate sought an urgent hearing of the plea, saying the petitioner was apprehending arrest in the case.
Senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla moved the Bombay High Court on May 3, 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 election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.