Phone tapping CM Gehlots OSD fails to appear before Delhi Police for questioning
Jaipur Oct 22 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlots OSD Lokesh Sharma did not appear on Friday before the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police in connection with a phone tapping case citing family emergency The CMs officer on special duty OSD was issued a notice by the Crime Branch to appear before it in Delhi for questioning in connection with the case lodged on a complaint by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat When I was on my way to the Crime Branch I received news of a family emergency and returned That is why I could not appear Sharma said He was earlier called for questioning on July 24 but he said it was not possible for him to travel out of Jaipur for two weeks due to personal reasons However he said if there was any urgency he is available via video conference at a suitable time The Delhi High Court has already ordered not to take coercive action against Sharma till January 13 The Delhi police had registered the FIR in March this year against Sharma on charges of criminal conspiracy criminal breach of trust and unlawfully intercepting telegraphic signals telephonic conversation on the complaint by Shekhawat who is also a BJP MP from Jodhpur The phone-tapping controversy erupted in July last year in Rajasthan after alleged audio clips of alleged telephonic conversations between Shekhawat and Congress leaders surfaced amidst a rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot by his party leader Sachin Pilot and 18 MLAs It was alleged that Lokesh Sharma circulated audio clips purportedly having conversation about the conspiracy to topple the Congress government On the basis of the audio clips a complaint was lodged with the Special Operations Group SOG and Anti-Corruption Bureau ACB of the Rajasthan Police in July last year but the FIR did not mention that Gajendra Singh referred to in an audio clip was Union minister Shekhawat The SOG later closed the case after the Congress high command intervened to resolve the issues between Gehlot and Pilot Sharma has rejected the allegations of phone tapping PTI SDA RDK RDK
Jaipur Oct 22 PTI Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlots OSD Lokesh Sharma did not appear on Friday before the Crime Branch of the Delhi Police in connection with a phone tapping case citing family emergency The CMs officer on special duty OSD was issued a notice by the Crime Branch to appear before it in Delhi for questioning in connection with the case lodged on a complaint by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat When I was on my way to the Crime Branch I received news of a family emergency and returned That is why I could not appear Sharma said He was earlier called for questioning on July 24 but he said it was not possible for him to travel out of Jaipur for two weeks due to personal reasons However he said if there was any urgency he is available via video conference at a suitable time The Delhi High Court has already ordered not to take coercive action against Sharma till January 13 The Delhi police had registered the FIR in March this year against Sharma on charges of criminal conspiracy criminal breach of trust and unlawfully intercepting telegraphic signals telephonic conversation on the complaint by Shekhawat who is also a BJP MP from Jodhpur The phone-tapping controversy erupted in July last year in Rajasthan after alleged audio clips of alleged telephonic conversations between Shekhawat and Congress leaders surfaced amidst a rebellion against Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot by his party leader Sachin Pilot and 18 MLAs It was alleged that Lokesh Sharma circulated audio clips purportedly having conversation about the conspiracy to topple the Congress government On the basis of the audio clips a complaint was lodged with the Special Operations Group SOG and Anti-Corruption Bureau ACB of the Rajasthan Police in July last year but the FIR did not mention that Gajendra Singh referred to in an audio clip was Union minister Shekhawat The SOG later closed the case after the Congress high command intervened to resolve the issues between Gehlot and Pilot Sharma has rejected the allegations of phone tapping PTI SDA RDK RDK
