Himachal CM orders probe in phone tapping during BJP govt

Its a serious matter. I have recommended to entrust investigation to the Vigilance and the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Strict action will be initiated against officials who are found to have a role in illegal phone tapping, Virbhadra said Saturday.

The number of phones tapped 1,139,including Virbhadras,according to the State Forensic Lab which scanned computers seized from the CID indicated malafide intentions of the previous government,the chief minister added.

Chief Secretary Sudripta Roy said all the phones were tapped in the last six months of the BJP government led by Prem Kumar Dhumal.

Dhumal,meanwhile,washed his hands off the matter but demanded a probe by a sitting judge of the High Court.