Mumbai Police Files Charge-Sheet Against IPS Officer In Phone Tapping Case

Mumbai: Mumbai Police on Tuesday filed a charge sheet of around 700 pages against IPS officer Rashmi Shukla in connection with the phone tapping case.

Shukla, who was the head of Maharashtra’s State Intelligence Department (SID), had allegedly tapped the phones of Nationalist Congress Party’s Eknath Khadse and Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut.

The charge sheet includes statements of around 20 people, including those of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Eknath Khadse.

Colaba police have started the investigation by registering a case against senior IPS officer Rashmi Shukla under Telegraph Act.

Police have questioned Rashmi Shukla in the case. Rashmi Shukla had allegedly tapped the phones of NCP leader Eknath Khadse and Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and kept them under constant surveillance, the phone tapping happened when Rashmi Shukla was the head of the state’s SID.

Khadse’s phone was reportedly tapped twice in 2019 when he was with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut’s phone was also tapped during the formation of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government in November 2019 after joining the NCP in October 2020.

Shukla is presently on central deputation and posted as Additional Director General of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Hyderabad.

Pune Police has also registered a case against Rashmi Shukla. The phones of Congress leaders Nana Patole and Bachu Kad were also allegedly tapped illegally during the BJP government.

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