Mumbai: A team of cyber police has recorded the opposition leader Devendra FadnavisStatement by former SID chief Rashmi Shukla at her residence for two hours on Sunday as part of investigation into the leak of confidential data and documents from the State Intelligence Police transfer on the basis of illegal phone-tapping.
Fadnavis claimed that the questions asked were allegatory in nature and the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was trying to “frame” them.
The police had sent me a questionnaire earlier also, but the questions asked on Sunday were not in the nature of those asked to a witness. They were there to prove that I violated official secrecy actFadnavis claimed that he was being pressured to question the alleged relationship between the minister. Nawab Malik and runaway gangster Dawood IbrahimAnd the MVA’s conspiracy to target its opponents.
“Don’t you think you have violated the Official Secrets Act by exposing the scam? Was it the right thing to do? These were some of his questions. I have answered all of them,” Fadnavis elaborated on the questions asked.
The case pertains to the alleged leak of confidential data and documents from the SID. A case has also been registered against five unidentified people. Fadnavis denied leaking any data in the public domain regarding the scam. He said that not only did he act responsibly by apprehending the presser who exposed the transfer scam, but he also avoided giving pen drives and tapes of data to anyone.
“I did not bring any document in the public domain except the covering letter of the report, as I knew the information contained in it was sensitive. I handed over all the documents and data to the Union Home Ministry. It was Malik who leaked the tapes to the press. And if police claim that these are secret documents, then action should be initiated against Malik Violation of Official Secrets ActFadnavis said that Whistle Blower Protection Act should be applied to him in this case as he has only exposed a big scam which otherwise would have been buried under the carpet by the government.
“I did not give the documents to the state as they were sitting on the report for six months. What action will be expected of them?” he said.
Fadnavis claimed that the questions asked were allegatory in nature and the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government was trying to “frame” them.
The police had sent me a questionnaire earlier also, but the questions asked on Sunday were not in the nature of those asked to a witness. They were there to prove that I violated official secrecy actFadnavis claimed that he was being pressured to question the alleged relationship between the minister. Nawab Malik and runaway gangster Dawood IbrahimAnd the MVA’s conspiracy to target its opponents.
“Don’t you think you have violated the Official Secrets Act by exposing the scam? Was it the right thing to do? These were some of his questions. I have answered all of them,” Fadnavis elaborated on the questions asked.
The case pertains to the alleged leak of confidential data and documents from the SID. A case has also been registered against five unidentified people. Fadnavis denied leaking any data in the public domain regarding the scam. He said that not only did he act responsibly by apprehending the presser who exposed the transfer scam, but he also avoided giving pen drives and tapes of data to anyone.
“I did not bring any document in the public domain except the covering letter of the report, as I knew the information contained in it was sensitive. I handed over all the documents and data to the Union Home Ministry. It was Malik who leaked the tapes to the press. And if police claim that these are secret documents, then action should be initiated against Malik Violation of Official Secrets ActFadnavis said that Whistle Blower Protection Act should be applied to him in this case as he has only exposed a big scam which otherwise would have been buried under the carpet by the government.
“I did not give the documents to the state as they were sitting on the report for six months. What action will be expected of them?” he said.