Smuggling Case Allegedly Used To Illegally Tap Phones in K’taka
5 years, 3 months ago

Smuggling Case Allegedly Used To Illegally Tap Phones in K’taka

The Quint  

The recent phone-tapping scandal that is being probed by the CBI has reportedly revealed that the Bengaluru police had allegedly tapped the phones of several prominent figures, including a prominent seer, under the guise of a multi-crore red sanders smuggling case among others. According to a report in The Indian Express, the cover of this case as well as others was used to apparently illegally spy on 30 public figures for a year lasting up to August 2019. At the heart of the controversy is the state’s second largest community and vote bank – the Vokkaligas – whom both parties are trying to woo ahead of a crucial by-election in December this year. During the last week of September, reports claimed that the police had tapped the phone of Swamy Nirmalanandanatha, the chief pontiff of the Adichunchanagiri Mutt in Mandya district.

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Phone Tapping Fear Haunts Leaders of All Parties in Nalgonda
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Phone Tapping Fear Haunts Leaders of All Parties in Nalgonda

Deccan Chronicle  

Nalgonda: The revelation of phone tapping of Nakrekal MLA Vemula Veeresham and his close aides by the police has sparked tension among leaders of all political parties, including the BRS, in the district. Investigations into phone tapping cases revealed that the mobile phones of Veeresham and his close associates were tapped in 2022, prior to his departure from the BRS. …

Phone-Tapping: Noose Tightening Around BRS Leaders
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Phone-Tapping: Noose Tightening Around BRS Leaders

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a development that can have major political ramifications, the Special Investigation Team probing the telephone tapping during the BRS regime, for the first time issued notices to a politic-an – former BRS MLA from Nakrekal Chirumarthi Lingaiah. Reliable police sources said that his CDR that was obtained by SIT through FSL revealed that he and accused additional DSP …

Bengaluru engineer, who has been on NIA most wanted list since 2012, emerges as handler of three terror modules in Karnataka
4 months ago

Bengaluru engineer, who has been on NIA most wanted list since 2012, emerges as handler of three terror modules in Karnataka

The Hindu  

Mohammed Shahid Faisal, said to be 40-years-old and suspected to be based out of Pakistan, has been named by the National Investigation Agency as the alleged handler of the terror module that carried out an IED explosion at The Rameshwaram Cafe on March 1, 2024. 2012 link to two terror modules A convict in the 2012 LeT conspiracy case Shoaib …

Police Urge CBI to Act on Phone-Tapping Case Accused in US
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Police Urge CBI to Act on Phone-Tapping Case Accused in US

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The police have approached the CBI director to issue a ‘red corner’ notice on the phone-tapping case prime accused T. Prabhakar Rao, former SIB chief, and Shravan Kumar Rao, managing director of I-News, who are in the US. “We have written to the US Embassy and immigration department stating that the accused are wanted in a very serious case …

BJP will meet Amit Shah on Phone Tapping and Other Cases, says Prabhhakar Rao
7 months, 1 week ago

BJP will meet Amit Shah on Phone Tapping and Other Cases, says Prabhhakar Rao

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: BJP would soon meet Home Minister Amit Shah and submit a detailed report on phone taping case during BRS government led by former CM K Chandrasekhar Rao as serious revelations coming to light every day in the state, said Telangana state BJP Vice-President and former MLA NVSS Prabhakar Rao here today. Reiterating the party stand of CBI inquiry …

NIA arrests one more in Bengaluru's Rameshwaram cafe blast case
7 months, 2 weeks ago

NIA arrests one more in Bengaluru's Rameshwaram cafe blast case

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: Three days after a massive crackdown across four southern states in connection with its probe into the Rameshwaram Café blast case, the NIA on Friday arrested one more accused, identified as an ex-convict in a Lashkar-e-Taiba terror conspiracy case, officials said. In its investigation, the anti-terror federal probe agency found that Mirza, who was convicted earlier in a …

Phone-tapping: Karnataka BJP calls for CBI probe
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Phone-tapping: Karnataka BJP calls for CBI probe

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R Ashoka urged the state government to order a probe by the CBI into phone-tapping allegations levelled against it by former CM HD Kumaraswamy. The BJP leader said phone-tapping equipment can be procured from China for Rs 40-50 lakh. Responding to a question on Kumaraswamy’s allegations, the Opposition Leader said some police officers …

Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast | NIA searches houses of two doctors in Coimbatore
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru Rameshwaram Cafe blast | NIA searches houses of two doctors in Coimbatore

The Hindu  

Sleuths of the National Investigation Agency on Tuesday searched the residences of two doctors in Coimbatore as part of their ongoing investigation into the blast at The Rameshwaram Cafe in Bengaluru on March 1. NIA officials from Bengaluru carried out the searches at the residence of the two doctors at Periya Subbanna Gounder Street and Narayana Guru Road at Saibaba …

Top SIB Officers Accused of Snooping on Governor and Raj Bhavan Phones
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Top SIB Officers Accused of Snooping on Governor and Raj Bhavan Phones

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Confirming that the BRS government had not obtained permission from the Union ministry of home affairs to intercept telephonic conversations, the Hyderabad police allegedly learnt that the then SIB officers involved in the phone tapping scam did not even spare former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s mobiles and the landlines at Raj Bhavan. The investigators grilled the accused police officers and …

Phone Tapping: Probe Team to Look into SIB Officers-Nayeem Links
9 months ago

Phone Tapping: Probe Team to Look into SIB Officers-Nayeem Links

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police, who are probing the phone tapping case, will re-check the diary of slain gangster Mohammed Nayeemuddin suspecting that he had links with those who worked in the Special Intelligence Bureau when BRS was in power. While probing the phone tapping case, the special investigation team officers allegedly found links between Bhujanga Rao and Nayeem. Sources said …

BJP wants Governor to apprise Home Ministry on snooping in Telangana
9 months ago

BJP wants Governor to apprise Home Ministry on snooping in Telangana

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman led a delegation of BJP leaders, including former MLAs N.V.S.S. Radhakrishnan urged him to seek a report from the Government and apprise the Union Home Ministry about illegal phone tapping during the Bharat Rashtra Samithi regime as it also warrants a thorough CBI investigation. In a memorandum submitted to the Governor on Saturday, the party …

BJP to seek Telangana Governor’s intervention on phone tapping case
9 months ago

BJP to seek Telangana Governor’s intervention on phone tapping case

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP and senior BJP leader K. Laxman has said his party would approach Telangana Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan seeking his intervention on the ‘shocking’ phone tapping case under the previous Government led by Bharat Rashtra Samithi, in the view of more complainants coming forward and the Congress Government not taking any action against the “real persons” responsible for the …

Raghunandan Rao links cash-for-vote case with phone-tapping scandal
9 months, 1 week ago

Raghunandan Rao links cash-for-vote case with phone-tapping scandal

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: BJP’s Medak Lok Sabha candidate M Raghunandan Rao on Tuesday demanded a thorough inquiry into the phone-tapping case that is suspected to have taken place since the time K Chandrasekhar Rao became the chief minister. Raghunandan Rao said that the investigation should include the 2015 ‘cash-for-vote’ scam, under which Revanth Reddy was sent to jail. The BJP leader pointed …

Police focus on key player of phone-tapping in Pragathi Bhavan
9 months, 1 week ago

Police focus on key player of phone-tapping in Pragathi Bhavan

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Panjagutta police is focusing on a 'key player' in the then BRS government who allegedly received inputs from Special Intelligence Bureau former chief T. Prabhakar Rao, even as they allegedly established links between the police official and the then Pragathi Bhavan in handling the mass phone-tapping records. Sources said the four police officers in the net — suspended …

Former DCP of Hyderabad Police Task Force arrested in phone tapping case
9 months, 1 week ago

Former DCP of Hyderabad Police Task Force arrested in phone tapping case

The Hindu  

The Hyderabad city police officials probing the phone tapping case are focussed on recovering destroyed evidence. About 42 hard drives containing illegally curated profiles of several individuals were destroyed and replaced with new ones on the night of December 4, 2023, the day Bharat Rashtra Samithi lost the Telangana State Assembly Elections, a complaint filed by D. Ramesh, Additional SP …

Phone-tapping scam in Telangana opens a Pandora’s box
9 months, 1 week ago

Phone-tapping scam in Telangana opens a Pandora’s box

New Indian Express  

Several leaders from the Congress and BJP are now coming forward claiming that their phones too have been tapped during the BRS regime. On Thursday, TPCC spokesperson Bandi Sudhakar Goud and senior leader Tummeti Sammi Reddy wrote a letter to DGP Ravi Gupta, alleging that their phones were tapped during the 2021 Huzurabad byelection. In their letter, the duo complained …

BJP wants CBI probe into phone tapping
9 months, 1 week ago

BJP wants CBI probe into phone tapping

The Hindu  

Rajya Sabha MP and Bharatiya Janata Party’s national OBC morcha president K. Laxman has turned the heat on the Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy’s Government by demanding a CBI probe into the illegal phone tapping by the police on select persons during the regime of former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao. The BJP leader pointed out that three illegal …

NIA team searches house of a suspect in ‘The Rameshwaram Cafe’ bomb blast; seize mobile phone
9 months, 1 week ago

NIA team searches house of a suspect in ‘The Rameshwaram Cafe’ bomb blast; seize mobile phone

The Hindu  

A three-member team from the National Investigation Agency conducted a search at the residence of a suspect involved in The Rameswaram Cafe bomb blast case at Devipattinam in Ramanathapuram district here on Wednesday. Reliable sources said that a team comprising a DSP and two other officers searched the house of Sheik Dawood and his father Fakrudeen in Manalvadi Street and …

T'gana: BJP says phones of leaders tapped during 2019 LS polls, BRS seeks through probe
9 months, 2 weeks ago

T'gana: BJP says phones of leaders tapped during 2019 LS polls, BRS seeks through probe

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Mar 26 A political slugfest broke out in Telangana on Tuesday over phone tapping allegations with both Congress and BJP claiming phones of their leaders were tapped by the previous state government led by BRS, which in turn demanded a thorough probe into the matter. Also on Tuesday, Union Minister and Telangana BJP chief G Kishan Reddy demanded a …

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Mar 26 The allegations of phone tapping during the previous BRS government in Telangana on Tuesday led to a war of words, with the main opposition party demanding a thorough probe by the Congress government, and the BJP claiming their phones were tapped during the 2019 LS elections. Union Minister and BJP Telangana President G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday …

Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy Demands Judicial Probe Into Phone-Tapping Issue
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana BJP President G Kishan Reddy Demands Judicial Probe Into Phone-Tapping Issue

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Police acted like the mafia under then Former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao and the Revanth Reddy government must conduct a comprehensive judicial probe into the phone-tapping of Opposition leaders during the BRS regime, TS BJP president and Union minister G. Kishan Reddy demanded on Tuesday. Rama Rao calling BRS MLC K. Kavitha’s arrest vindictive, Kishan Reddy dared Chandrashekar …

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Mar 26 The allegations of phone tapping during the previous BRS government in Telangana on Tuesday led to a war of words, with the main opposition party demanding a thorough probe by the Congress government, and the BJP claiming their phones were tapped during the 2019 LS elections. Union Minister and BJP Telangana President G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday …

Phone tapping case: Accused Praneeth Rao extorted jewellers, realtors
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Phone tapping case: Accused Praneeth Rao extorted jewellers, realtors

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Suspended officer D Praneeth Rao, under the directions of former chief of the Special Intelligence Bureau T Prabhakar Rao and arrested officers Bhujanga Rao and Thirupathanna, reportedly extorted money from 36 businessmen, with a particular focus on famous jewellers, hawala operators, realtors and some other prominent construction company owners. The investigation team is also verifying the data, which have …

Telangana phone tapping case: 14-day remand for two arrested senior police officials
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana phone tapping case: 14-day remand for two arrested senior police officials

The Hindu  

As the phone tapping case takes twists and turns opening new gateways into the ‘illegal’ tapping of phones in the previous BRS government, two senior police officers, arrested on Saturday night, were sent to 14 days of judicial custody till April 6. The two arrested officers — Additional DCP of CSW Thirupathanna and Additional SP of Bhupalpally N. Bhujanga Rao …

Telangana phone tapping case: two more police officials arrested in Hyderabad
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Telangana phone tapping case: two more police officials arrested in Hyderabad

The Hindu  

In the latest development in the phone tapping case, the Panjagutta police arrested two Additional Superintendents of Police, identified as Bhujanga Rao and Tirupatanna. Officials close to the investigation said they were accomplices of suspended DSP of the SIB Praneeth Kumar aka Praneeth Rao and were arrested on similar charges. On March 13, Kumar was arrested by Panjagutta police from …

NIA searches multiple locations in six States in the Bengaluru LeT prison radicalisation case
10 months ago

NIA searches multiple locations in six States in the Bengaluru LeT prison radicalisation case

The Hindu  

Expanding the ambit of its investigation in the Bengaluru Lashkar-e-Taiba prison radicalisation case, the National Investigation Agency on Tuesday searched multiple locations in six States and seized a host of digital devices and incriminating documents, along with cash. NIA teams swooped down on the premises of suspects in various places across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Punjab, Gujarat and West Bengal …

Bengaluru Prison Radicalisation case: NIA conducting searches in 17 places across 7 states
10 months ago

Bengaluru Prison Radicalisation case: NIA conducting searches in 17 places across 7 states

Live Mint  

National Investigation Agency is conducting searches in 17 places across 7 states in Bengaluru Prison Radicalisation case amid speculations of Rameshwaram Cafe blast to be linked with Lashkar-e-Taiba. The National Investigation Agency on Tuesday, March 5, carried out raids at 17 locations in seven states in connection with its probe into the Bengaluru prison radicalisation case, as per sources. {{^adFree}} …

Bengaluru prison radicalisation case: NIA raids multiple locations in 7 states
10 months ago

Bengaluru prison radicalisation case: NIA raids multiple locations in 7 states

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: A day after taking over the probe into the case relating to Rameshwaram Café low-intensity IED blast, the anti-terror federal probe agency NIA on Tuesday raided multiple locations in six states as part of its investigation in the Bengaluru Lashkar-e-Taiba Prison radicalisation case, officials in the agency said. They recovered 25 mobile phones, 6 laptops and 4 storage …

Bombay HC quashes two phone-tapping cases against IPS officer Shukla
1 year, 4 months ago

Bombay HC quashes two phone-tapping cases against IPS officer Shukla

Hindustan Times  

The Bombay high court on Friday quashed two cases lodged against senior Indian Police Service officer and Maharashtra’s former intelligence chief, Rashmi Shukla, in connection with the alleged tapping of Opposition leaders’ phones during the Devendra Fadnavis-led government between 2014 and 2019. Friday’s verdict comes amid speculation that Rashmi Shukla might get a central posting or be appointed as the …

Nitin Gadkari threat calls case: Nagpur police seize mobile phones, sim cards from Karnataka jail
1 year, 9 months ago

Nitin Gadkari threat calls case: Nagpur police seize mobile phones, sim cards from Karnataka jail

India TV News  

Just a few days after a person made threat call to Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's office in Nagpur, the police recovered two mobile phones and as many sim cards from a jail in Karnataka’s Belagavi. As part of their investigation, the local police with the help of their Belagavi counterparts searched the premises of Hindalga Central Jail in the Karnataka …

CBI arrests key suspect in Bengal job scam probe
1 year, 10 months ago

CBI arrests key suspect in Bengal job scam probe

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation arrested Tapas Mondal, a key suspect in the West Bengal job scam, on Sunday evening, around two months after he was named in the second charge-sheet of the Enforcement Directorate, which is conducting a parallel probe in this case, officials said. The key suspect in the Bengal job scam case, Tapas MondalMondal was summoned and …

In huge bust, Bengaluru cops recover valuables worth ₹64 lakh; 16 held
2 years, 1 month ago

In huge bust, Bengaluru cops recover valuables worth ₹64 lakh; 16 held

Hindustan Times  

The Bengaluru Police on Friday arrested 16 people for alleged involvement in burglary at different locations of the city. A huge operation was carried out to catch the accused and various valuable items like gold chains, bikes, mobile phones and even auto rickshaws were recovered, it was highlighted. Laxman B Nimbargi, deputy commissioner of police, took to Twitter and wrote, …

BJP leaders slam Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan\'s phone tapping
2 years, 1 month ago

BJP leaders slam Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan\'s phone tapping

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: BJP leaders on Thursday slammed the state government following Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan’s comment the day before that she was afraid that her phones were being tapped. Prabhakar said the Governor’s comments on phone tapping tops the list of allegations over how the TRS government was listening in on phone conversations of people. Meanwhile, senior party leader Gudur Narayan …

My phones were tapped, says Governor Tamilisai
2 years, 2 months ago

My phones were tapped, says Governor Tamilisai

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In a politically unprecedented development, Telangana State Governor Dr Tamilisai Soundararajan on Wednesday, speaking in full glare of the media, said that she fears her “phones were being tapped by the TRS-led Telangana state government”. The sensational allegation of illegal phone tapping of the first citizen of the state, the representative of the President in the state, came at …

Telangana Governor Tamilisai expresses doubts that her phones are being tapped
2 years, 2 months ago

Telangana Governor Tamilisai expresses doubts that her phones are being tapped

The Hindu  

Refuting charges that her office was sitting on some Bills forwarded by the government for her assent, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan has asserted that she is taking time for assessing and analysing the Bills before giving her consent. In fact, I had been insisting that the government fill up all the vacant posts in the universities since I took over …

Political Crypto-nite: Understanding The Karnataka Bitcoin Controversy One Byte at A Time
2 years, 8 months ago

Political Crypto-nite: Understanding The Karnataka Bitcoin Controversy One Byte at A Time

News 18  

The bitcoin scam that allegedly involved kickbacks to police and politicians in Karnataka continues to be an albatross around the state government’s neck. On Sunday, the Central Bureau of Investigations issued a media statement clarifying the US law enforcement agency FBI “has not sent any team to India for conducting a probe in the matter nor has any request been …

Bengaluru: Two held for snatching phone of Congress MLA's wife
2 years, 10 months ago

Bengaluru: Two held for snatching phone of Congress MLA's wife

India Today  

Bengaluru Police on Tuesday arrested two people for snatching the phone of Congress MLA Priyank Kharge's wife Shruti P Kharge. Shruti, daugher-in-law of senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, was out for a morning walk in Sadashivnagar in North Bengaluru ten days ago when two bike-borne miscreants snatched her phone. Police also recovered stolen motorbikes, Shruti's robbed phone and lethal weapons …

Illegal phone tapping case: Delhi Police questions Rajasthan CM's aide
3 years, 1 month ago

Illegal phone tapping case: Delhi Police questions Rajasthan CM's aide

India Today  

The Delhi Police's Crime Branch on Monday questioned Rajasthan chief minister's officer on special duty Lokesh Sharma for nearly four hours at its Rohini office in connection with his alleged involvement in a case of illegal phone tapping, officials said. The case of illegal phone tapping was lodged by Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the national capital, …

Rahul Gandhi should submit phone to probe agency if he thinks it was tapped: BJP
3 years, 5 months ago

Rahul Gandhi should submit phone to probe agency if he thinks it was tapped: BJP

India TV News  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has said that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi should submit his phone to the probe agency if he thinks it was tapped and that investigation will happen as per law. Party spokesperson Rajyavardhan Rathore asserted that no one's phone has been tapped illegally by the Modi government. The BJP's response comes close on the heels of Rahul's …

Govt snooped on my meetings with Prashant Kishor using Pegasus spyware: Mamata Banerjee
3 years, 5 months ago

Govt snooped on my meetings with Prashant Kishor using Pegasus spyware: Mamata Banerjee

India Today  

Intensifying her attack on the Modi government over the alleged hacking of phones of opposition leaders and journalists using Pegasus spyware, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the government had put her meetings with poll strategist Prashant Kishor under surveillance. Prashant Kishor got his phone audited and came to know that one of our meetings was …

Pegasus allegations: Phone tapping claims not new to K’taka politics
3 years, 5 months ago

Pegasus allegations: Phone tapping claims not new to K’taka politics

Hindustan Times  

A political row may have erupted in the state after the Congress on Tuesday accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre of snooping into phones of leaders in the Congress-JD coalition government in 2019 which resulted in the toppling of the government, but snooping in Karnataka politics is not new. In January, this year, the Congress party had …

2 men nabbed from Bengaluru for helping Pakistani spies gather information about Indian Army
3 years, 6 months ago

2 men nabbed from Bengaluru for helping Pakistani spies gather information about Indian Army

Op India  

The Military Intelligence and the Anti-Terror Cell of Bengaluru Police have arrested two men Ibrahim Pullatti Bin Mohammed Kutty hailing from Malappuram in Kerala and Gautham B Vishwanatha from Tirupur in Tamil Nadu for running an illegal phone exchange that helped Pakistan spies to extract information related to the Indian Army. CCB detect illegal SIMBOX racket.2 accused arrested.30 SIMBOX seized.in …

Crossed all limits: BJP lashes out at Gehlot govt over phone tapping 'admission'
3 years, 9 months ago

Crossed all limits: BJP lashes out at Gehlot govt over phone tapping 'admission'

India Today  

Rajasthan BJP president Satish Poonia on Monday slammed the Ashok Gehlot government in Rajasthan for allegedly tapping the phones of leaders of the ruling party as well as the Opposition. Reacting to the Gehlot government’s admission to phone tapping “in the interest of public safety”, Satish Poonia accused the chief minister of “not only orchestrating a conspiracy against members of …

Bengaluru riots case: NIA raids 43 locations including SDPI offices
4 years, 1 month ago

Bengaluru riots case: NIA raids 43 locations including SDPI offices

India Today  

The National Investigating Agency on Wednesday raided the offices of the Social Democratic Party of India, the political wing of Popular Front of India, in connection with the Bengaluru riots case. The central probe agency conducted searches at 43 locations, including four SDPI offices, in connection with rioting and violent attacks on DJ Halli and KG Halli Police Stations in …

My phone was tapped, I have evidence: Mamata Banerjee
5 years, 2 months ago

My phone was tapped, I have evidence: Mamata Banerjee

India TV News  

Making a sensational allegation, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday claimed that her phone was tapped and that she had the evidence to prove her charge. Because I have got the information, I have the evidence with me," Banerjee told media persons at the state secretariat Nabanna. When the Trinamool was the principal opposition in the state, with …

Phone tapping scandal gives BJP a stick against JD(S)
5 years, 3 months ago

Phone tapping scandal gives BJP a stick against JD(S)

Hindustan Times  

Deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan and state revenue minister R Ashok on Friday went on the offensive against the previous Congress-Janata Dal coalition government, accusing it of tapping the phone of even a Vokkaliga seer. An investigation was launched into this, but was enlarged after disqualified former MLA AH Vishwanath claimed that many politicians’ phones had also been tapped …

CBI takes up probe into alleged phone tapping of politicians during Congress-JDS government in Karnataka
5 years, 4 months ago

CBI takes up probe into alleged phone tapping of politicians during Congress-JDS government in Karnataka

India TV News  

The CBI has taken up investigation into alleged phone tapping of politicians during the previous Congress-JD government in Karnataka, officials said on Saturday. Yediyurappa had announced a CBI probe amid signs that the scandal was gaining political steam ever since disqualified JD MLA A H Vishwanath, who served as JD state president and turned rebel, accused the H D Kumaraswamy …

Karnataka may order CBI probe into snooping under Kumaraswamy govt
5 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka may order CBI probe into snooping under Kumaraswamy govt

Live Mint  

The Karnataka government plans to soon order a CBI inquiry into the alleged phone-tapping of BJP leaders and 2-3 senior state police officers during the previous JD-S-Congress coalition government, an official said on Sunday. Kumaraswamy government tapped mobile and landline phones of BJP's state leaders, disqualified rebel legislators of the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular and three senior IPS officers. IPS …

HD Kumaraswamy denies phone-tapping charge; BJP pushes for investigation
5 years, 4 months ago

HD Kumaraswamy denies phone-tapping charge; BJP pushes for investigation

India TV News  

Former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy on Wednesday denied allegations of phone tapping during his tenure, even as the BJP raised the pitch demanding a comprehensive probe into it. Vishwanath went on to claim that the matter in fact had come to light six months ago when the Congress MLA H K Patil and BJP MLA R Ashoka had alleged …

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