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Karnataka phone-tapping charges to be probed by CBI

BENGALURU: Days after charges of phone tapping during the previous coalition government headed by JD-S surfaced, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today said he would order a CBI probe into the allegations citing demands by several Congress leaders.

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Bengaluru, August 18

Days after charges of phone tapping during the previous coalition government headed by JD-S surfaced, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa today said he would order a CBI probe into the allegations citing demands by several Congress leaders.

“On the telephone tapping issue. Several leaders, including Congress Legislature Party leader Siddaramaiah, have said it should be probed and truth should come out, so I have decided to order a CBI probe. Tomorrow itself I will order the probe,” Yeddyurappa told reporters here.

He said it was the expectation of the people of the state that a detailed inquiry be made and the culprits punished. The announcement comes amid signs that the scandal was gaining political steam ever since disqualified JDS MLA AH Vishwanath, who served as the JD-S state president and turned rebel later, last week dropped the political bomb, accusing the HD Kumarswamy government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders, including him.

Congress leaders, including Siddaramaiah, M Mallikarjuna Kharge and home minister in the alliance government MB Patil, have sought a probe while another key party leader and former minister DK Shivakumar has rejected the snooping charges and appeared to side with Kumaraswamy.

According to reports, phones of those close to Siddaramaiah, who was the then coalition coordination committee chief, had come under the watch of the government.

Vishwanath had also claimed snooping would not have happened without the knowledge of the then Chief Minister as the intelligence wing was under his control.

Kumaraswamy on his part has denied the allegations. “There was no need for me to remain in and save the chair (of CM) by tapping phones. Allegations made against me by some people in this matter is far from truth,” he had tweeted. — PTI

Kumaraswamy govt accused of spying  

Disqualified JD-S legislator AH Vishwanath, who served as the JD-S state president and turned rebel later has accused the HD Kumaraswamy government of tapping phones and spying on more than 300 leaders

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