Telephone Tapping Case: Maharashtra IPS Officer Strikes Top Court docket Towards FIR

Mumbai:

Senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla moved the Bombay Top Court docket on Monday, searching for no coercive motion towards her in reference to an FIR registered through Mumbai police in a case of unlawful telephone tapping and alleged leaking of delicate paperwork associated with police postings.

Ms Shukla’s suggest Sameer Nangre sought an pressing listening to of the plea, announcing the petitioner, a senior IPS officer of 1988 cadre, was once apprehending arrest within the case.

Mr Nangre additionally sought a course to the police not to take any coercive motion towards Ms Shukla.

“The manner of the State is to arm-twist the petitioner through a bogus and frivolous case,” the plea alleged.

Ms Shukla is recently serving as further director basic of the Central Reserve Police Power’s (CRPF) South Zone and is posted in Hyderabad.

An FIR was once registered underneath the Legit Secrets and techniques Act on the BKC cyber police station in Mumbai towards unidentified individuals for allegedly tapping telephones illegally and leaking sure confidential paperwork at the criticism filed through the Maharashtra Intelligence Division.

The alleged tapping of telephones had taken position when Ms Shukla headed the state intelligence division.

BJP chief Devendra Fadnavis had cited a letter purportedly written through Ms Shukla to the then Director Basic of Police about alleged corruption in police transfers.

The letter additionally had main points of intercepted calls, resulting in an uproar with leaders of the Shiv Sena-led ruling coalition alleging that Ms Shukla tapped telephones with out permission.

Sooner than registration of the FIR, Maharashtra Leader Secretary Sitaram Kunte had alleged in a file submitted to Leader Minister Uddhav Thackeray that it sounds as if that Shukla herself had leaked the confidential file (to Fadnavis).

Ultimate month, the police issued two summons (on April 26 and April 28) to Ms Shukla, asking her to seem prior to the BKC cyber division in Mumbai for recording her remark.

Alternatively, Ms Shukla had skipped the summons.

On Monday, her suggest filed an software prior to the HC’s registrar, searching for an pressing listening to of the petition on Would possibly four prior to a department bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale.

“The petitioner (Shukla) begs to manner the court docket for pressing reliefs of order of no coercive motion through the police within the involved FIR registered through the Cyber Crime Division, Mumbai,” the applying mentioned.

It mentioned Ms Shukla uncovered the alleged nexus between ministers and politicians and different gross corruption fascinated about assigning postings to law enforcement officials.

“This unearths the braveness and integrity of the petitioner in acting her legit tasks and making her absolute best endeavours to show and do away with corruption through bringing the in charge to guide,” the applying mentioned.

As a substitute of applauding and appreciating the paintings of the petitioner, the “executive government are fascinated about framing the petitioner in a false prison case”, it alleged.

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