Mumbai Police snooping on me: Harshavardhan Sapkal says third incident after he took over state Congress chief

Sapkal said the official started asking him whether he was going to address a press conference and whether journalists had come to meet him. “Is this how Opposition leaders are being snooped? Earlier, it was Pegasus where phones were tapped and now, the police are being sent inside the bedrooms of Opposition leaders,” he alleged.

According to the Congress leader, he called the Gaondevi police station, as the person told him that he was following orders from the higher ups. “The Gaondevi police said they were not aware of the matter,” he said.

Sapkal said during the tenure of his predecessor Nana Patole, the former Maharashtra Congress chief’s phone was put on surveillance, raising suspicion on Director General of Police (DGP) Rashmi Shukla. During the Maharashtra Assembly elections last year, Patole had even written to the Election Commission of India seeking her removal from the post for fair and impartial polls.

Meanwhile, a senior police officer said no such instruction of keeping an eye on Opposition leaders have been given to anyone. “If we get a complaint from him (Sapkal), we will inquire into the incident,” said the officer.