Phone Tapping: Relief from arrest continues; Next hearing on Oct 18

New Delhi: In the Rajasthan phone tapping case, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot’s OSD Lokesh Sharma did not appear before the crime branch. After 4 hours of rigorous interrogation on Tuesday, he was again given notice on Wednesday and called to the crime branch for questioning. According to sources, Lokesh Sharma had sent a reply to the notice, in which it was said that due to his busy schedule he would not be present for questioning.

Meanwhile, Lokesh Sharma has been given relief from Delhi High Court and now the ban on his arrest will continue till October 18. Lokesh Sharma’s petition was heard in Delhi High Court and Sharma’s lawyer presented his side in the High Court while calling out all the allegations against him baseless.

However, the Delhi Police accused the Rajasthan Govt saying, “Rajasthan govt officials are not cooperating in the investigation.” On this, the bench of Justice Vikas Mahajan said, “Rajasthan govt officials should cooperate in the investigation.”

Meanwhile, Rajasthan govt’s lawyer Siddharth Luthra expressed objection on this and said that he was disappointed by this allegation of Delhi Police and termed it baseless.

The next hearing of the case will be held on October 18 at 3 pm.