Delhi HC seeks govt response on Doval’s phone-tapping

New Delhi, January 15

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking setting up of an SIT to investigate alleged illegal phone tapping of National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval by the CBI.

The petition claimed that phones of several others were also tapped when the CBI was witnessing a feud between its then Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana.

A Bench issued a notice to the Ministry of Home Affairs and the CBI, seeking their responses on the plea.

The petition by Sarthak Chaturvedi, an advocate, has alleged that the illegal act of “abuse of power” was committed by some public servants working in the agency “for their ulterior motive”.

It has claimed that a special unit of the CBI, which handles phone tapping and technical surveillance, was aware of communications between the NSA and Asthana during the latter’s feud with Verma. The former CBI director was removed by a panel headed by the PM on January 10. — PTI