'Essar Tapes': Home ministry probes phone tapping complaint

June 19, 2016 11:04

The Home Ministry has ordered a probe into an alleged phone tapping scandal which targeted top government officials and industrialists between 2001 and 2006 after a complaint to the Prime Minister's Office.

The complaint was made to the Prime Minister's Office by lawyer Suren Uppal alleging that the Essar Group had ordered its former security chief Albasit Khan to tap into its business rivals' telephone conversations.

"Complaint regarding Essar leaks has been forwarded to home ministry for appropriate action," official sources said.

The complaint includes call logs for purported conversations of Mukesh and Anil Ambani with directors/promoters of the two companies and other senior officials as well as conversations that show how business rivals reach out to politicians to seek favours.

The complaint also mentioned purported conversations of senior officials of the PMO including Ranjan Bhattacharya and Brajesh Mishra.

Essar has denied any wrondoing.

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