Won't Arrest Maharashtra IPS Officer Till Next Hearing: Cops To High Court

Last month, the police issued two summons -- on April 26 and April 28 -- to Ms Shukla, asking her to appear before the BKC cyber department in Mumbai for recording her statement.

The Mumbai police told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that they would not take any coercive action or arrest IPS officer Rashmi Shukla till the next date of hearing of her plea challenging an FIR registered by the police in a case of alleged illegal phone tapping. Last month, the police issued two summons -- on April 26 and April 28 -- to Ms Shukla, asking her to appear before the BKC cyber department in Mumbai for recording her statement. However, Ms Shukla had skipped the summons. The case also pertains to alleged leaking of sensitive documents related to police postings.