Bajwa writes to HC chief justice to take note of illegal phone tapping
Tuesday, 17/11/2015
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab Congress president Partap Singh Bajwa has written to acting chief justice of Punjab and Haryana high court Shiavax Jal Vazifdar to take suo motu cognisance of the “illegal” tapping of phones being done in Punjab by the police in violation of the Supreme Court directions.
In his letter, Bajwa has alleged that the Punjab government had been indulging in phone tapping to settle political scores. “The Akali Dal has maliciously played a game of Machiavellian proportions to make its main political rival look like they were extending their support to the Sarbat Khalsa. A Punjab minister played what sounded like a telephonic conversation between two Congress leaders alleging them of sending their supporters to the Sarbat Khalsa and advising them on political resolutions. He called a press conference to dramatically heighten the impact by revealing these alleged purported conversations that were elicited through illegal means,” it says.
The letter alleges that the snooping was conducted under the aegis of deputy chief minister Sukhbir Badal.
