Phone Tapping

Jaitley CDR case: Court seeks DCP's reply

A court on Wednesday sought response from the Delhi Police on the alleged "illegal detention" of the wife of one of the accused, who was arrested for illegally retrieving call detail records of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Jaitley. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjay Bansal passed the order on allegations made by arrested private detective Neeraj that the Special Cell of Delhi Police is illegally detaining his wife who is...  

Phone tapping row: Virbhadra blames predecessor, Dhumal denies

Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh on Tuesday accused his predecessor Prem Kumar Dhumal in the illegal mass tapping of phones of politicians and bureaucrats when he was heading the erstwhile BJP government. Dhumal refuted the charges. ...  

Jaitley call records case: Bail plea of constable Dabas rejected

A court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea of Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas, arrested in connection with BJP leader Arun Jaitley's phone tapping case. ...  

Govt set to put new mechanism for interception of telephone

A new mechanism will be put in place by the government to eliminate the loopholes in authorised phone tapping by intelligence and enforcement agencies. The process, followed by the agencies by approaching telecom service providers individually after due authorisation, will be brought under one roof. ...  

Jaitley phone tapping case: Anurag Singh confesses

Private detective Anurag Singh, an accused in the Arun Jaitley phone tapping case, confesses to investigators, says he wanted to build contacts within the BJP to get out of the 2006 phone tapping scandal. ...  

Jaitley CDR case: Court rejects constable's bail plea

A Delhi court on Saturday rejected the bail plea of constable Arvind Dabas, an accused in the Arun Jaitley phone tapping case. While rejecting his bail plea, the court said it did not have jurisdiction to hear it. ...  

Jaitley call records: Police likely to question BJP's Sudhanshu Mittal

BJP leader Sudhanshu Mittal is likely to be questioned by the Delhi Police in the high profile case of senior party leader Arun Jaitley's call records. The police are likely to question him over his alleged links with detective Anurag Singh and whether he masterminded the entire operation. ...  

Phone tapping case: Lalit Modi denies role

Former IPL Commissioner Lalit Modi has denied any role in the attempt to access senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley's phone records. Modi's name surfaced in the controversy as someone whose call records were being sought as well as also possibly as someone who might have had a hand in this. ...  

Over 1,000 phones tapped during BJP rule in Himachal

Another report into illegal phone tapping, allegedly by the previous BJP government in Himachal Pradesh, on Friday said 350 telephone calls were recorded. These phone calls were mostly of politicians and bureaucrats. ...  

Jaitley phone tapping case: The big questions

Arun Jaitley, Vijay Goel, Sudhanshu Mittal and Nitin Gadkari - all these BJP leaders were allegedly on the radar of private detective Anurag Singh and his aides. Police are investigating whether this could have be done by rival factions within the BJP itself. ...  

Jaitley phone tapping: Police probing possible rivalry within BJP

The Delhi Police is now investigating a possible rivalry within the Bharatiya Janata Party as the possible reason behind the tracking of call records of senior party leader Arun Jaitley, sources said. The sources added that the police is probing why BJP leaders, including Arun Jaitley, Sudhanshu Mittal, Vijay Goel and Nitin Gadkari, were being tracked. ...  

Full text: Shinde's statement on Jaitley's call records case

Making a statement in the Rajya Sabha on the Jaitley call records case, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said it was not a phone tapping case, but a case of unauthorised access to call records. ...  

Jaitley call records: Cong points at BJP infighting

The Congress and BJP are caught in another war over alleged attempts to access BJP leader Arun Jaitley's phone records. While the Congress has blamed it on BJP infighting, the BJP has said it couldn't have happened without the government's co-operation. However, Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde has said that though Jaitley's call records were sought, they were not provided. ...  

Jaitley surveillance issue: Shinde likely to speak in RS

Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde is likely to speak on the alleged phone tapping of senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley. This comes days after the issue caused a ruckus in Rajya Sabha, forcing the Chairman to adjourn the House briefly. ...  

Jaitley phone tapping case: Constable seeks bail

Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas, arrested on charge of attempting to get call details of BJP leader Arun Jaitley, has sought bail from a Delhi court claiming he was falsely implicated in the case due to "personal animosities" in the department. The bail plea was moved before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Vidya Prakash who issued notice to the Delhi Police seeking its reply on March 2. ...  

Jaitley phone tapping case: 3 accused to be produced in court

The three detectives, who were arrested in the Arun Jaitley phone tapping case, will be produced in a Delhi court later on Monday. The custody of the three - Anurag Singh, Neeraj Nayyar and Nitish Kumar ends today. ...  

Jaitley call case accused arrested in Amar Singh case too

One of the key accused arrested by Delhi Police arrest for trying to access Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Arun Jaitley's phone records was earlier arrested in the Amar Singh phone tapping case. The accused Anurag Singh was arrested along with Nitish by the police which takes the total number of people arrested to four. ...  

Two more arrested in Arun Jaitley call records case

Two more people have been arrested in connection with Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley's call records case. The two arrested, Nitish and Anurag, both are private detectives according to sources. Four arrests have been made in the case. ...  

Shinde should clarify on Jaitley surveillance issue: BJP

Condemning the "unauthorised surveillance" on its leader Arun Jaitley, BJP on Saturday said it will not take things "lying down" and asked Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to clarify on who ordered the collection of his call details. ...  

10,000 phones lawfully tapped in country

New Delhi: Nearly 10,000 phones are being lawfully tapped in various states, according to official data available on Friday. Over 4,500 phones were intercepted during the month of August in addition to more than 5,000 phones which were already being tapped. The interception is ordered by various intelligence agencies, police forces and Army. Besides phones, nearly 1,200 email addresses were also being intercepted under the Indian Telegraph Act, according to...