Mumbai Police summons CBI director Subodh Jaiswal in phone tapping and data leak case

Jaiswal has been asked to be present to record his statement on October 14, the police official said. The summons was sent by email, a senior police official said

Mumbai: The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police on Saturday summoned Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director and former Maharashtra director general of police (DGP) Subodh Kumar Jaiswal in a phone tapping and data leak case, a senior official said.

The Cyber Cell of Mumbai Police has summoned CBI director and former Maharashtra DGP Subodh Jaiswal in a phone tapping and data leak case. (File)

Jaiswal has been asked to be present to record his statement on October 14, the police official said. The summons was sent by email, he added.

The case relates to the `leak’ of a report prepared by IPS officer Rashmi Shukla about alleged corruption in police transfers in Maharashtra when she headed the state intelligence department (SID). Jaiswal was the director general of police during this period.

It was alleged that phones of senior politicians and officials were tapped illegally during the inquiry and the report was leaked deliberately, but the FIR registered in this regard by the cyber cell does not name Shukla or any other official. Officials of the BKC cyber police station had earlier recorded Shukla’s statement.