On March 25, 2021, the Delhi Police registered an FIR against Sharma for criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and unlawfully intercepting telegraphic signals (telephonic conversation) on a complaint lodged by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the BJP MP from Jodhpur.
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan has said that the government's decision to allow the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to tap phones was "unconstitutional," according to ARY News.
"This is proof that Harish Rao, son-in-law of former CM KCR was sent to the US. The mastermind behind the phone tapping former SIG DG Prabhakar Rao. After the assembly results, he ran away to America," Telangana Minister Komatireddy Venkat Reddy said.
During the 2023 assembly elections, officers in Telangana allegedly intercepted the communications of several political leaders, businessmen and Tollywood celebrities.
Last week, in a startling revelation, former OSD Lokesh Sharma said that the purported audio clip of a phone conversation, involving Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and certain Congress figures discussing the ousting of the then Congress government in 2020, was provided to him by
Senior Rajasthan BJP leader Rajendra Rathore has demanded an inquiry into "phone tapping" allegations levelled by Lokesh Sharma, ex-OSD to former CM Ashok Gehlot, saying that he had written a letter to Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma on the issue and "names of all those involved should be re
Lokesh Nara, National General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) reacted strongly to the phone tapping security alert by Apple and called the incident a grave danger to democracy. Speaking to ANI, the General Secretary said that the latest incident was the second attempt
The BRS urged the EC to stop Rahul Gandhi from campaigning in the parliamentary elections for violating election rules. The party also appealed to the CEC to take action against Rahul Gandhi and the Congress Party.
Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday demanded an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the alleged phone tapping during the previous BRS government in Telangana.
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader KT Rama Rao has sent legal notices to Congress leaders Konda Surekha, Yennam Srinivas Reddy, and KK Mahender Reddy for allegedly making remarks that the former has a role in the "phone tapping" case.