JAIPUR:
Lokesh Sharma, officer on special duty (OSD) to Chief Minister
Ashok Gehlot, appeared before the
Delhi police crime branch
on Monday. This is the first time he has appeared before the
Delhi police despite being served four notices in the alleged illegal phone-tapping case.
Sharma is accused of circulating a telephonic conversation between one Gajendra Singh and Congress MLAs after illegally tapping them for the alleged poaching of legislators during the political crisis last year.
He was questioned for three-and-a-half hours, centred mainly on the source of the tape which he had circulated. The Delhi police had issued the notice to him on a complaint filed by Union minister and BJP leader Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.
The Congress had alleged that Gajendra Singh was none other than Union minister Shekhawat himself, which he denied. However, the Union minister refused to give voice samples to the SOG as well as the ACB which is investigating the matter. The next hearing of the case is on January 13.
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