FIR lodged towards CM Ashok Gehlot’s OSD in reference to Rajasthan unlawful telephone tapping case: Here are the small print

Delhi Police Crime Branch has lodged an FIR towards Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s Officer on Special Duty (OSD) Lokesh Sharma on Thursday at Tughlak Road police station. The FIR was registered on the criticism of the Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. An investigation has been began within the phone-tapping case.
According to stories, a senior police officer stated that the case was transferred to the crime department on Thursday and an FIR was registered beneath related provisions of the Indian Telegraph Act, the IT Act, and the Indian Penal Code.
The FIR reportedly states that Sharma had illegally intercepted the telephonic dialog with different individuals. It states that on July 17, 2020, a number of huge media homes and information channels had telecast telephonic conversations alleged to have taken place between Sanjay Jain, MLA Bhanwar Lal Sharma and Lokesh Sharma.
The FIR additional states that the authorities haven’t any jurisdiction to train the powers beneath the stated part. Securing the political ends of a specific chief or a celebration doesn’t substitute public emergency or public security, the FIR said.
A discover was served by Gajendra Singh Shekhawat to the media homes and it was disclosed of their reply that Lokesh Sharma had supplied them with the intercepted conversations.
Rajasthan telephone tapping case
The phone-tapping controversy had erupted in Rajasthan in July final 12 months throughout a political disaster inside the authorities as a result of riot of the previous deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan Sachin Pilot. Pilot together with 18 different MLAs had revolted towards Gehlot. Some audio clips had surfaced thereafter allegedly associated to a telephonic dialog between Shekhawat and Congress leaders. Pilot-led MLAs had alleged that CM Gehlot had tapped their telephones after they had been staying at Jaisalmer’s Suryagarh lodge.
Congress had accused the BJP leaders of indulging in horse-trading in an try to topple the state authorities. The BJP had demanded a CBI inquiry within the matter. An FIR was registered in October final 12 months at Vidhayak Puri police station, Jaipur towards Pilot’s media supervisor Lokendra Singh and Aaj Tak journalist Sharat Kumar for reporting on the telephone tapping of Congress MLAs throughout their keep in a lodge in Jaisalmer.