SP spokesperson alleges Allahabad police of tapping her phone, writes to home minister

  • | Tuesday | 18th December, 2018

"She has asked the union minister that whether any clearance from his ministry was taken before going ahead with tapping her calls?Meanwhile, another SP member and former president of AUSU, Avnish Yadav has also alleged that his phone was tapped by the police. “I arrived from Delhi on Saturday night and was detained early next morning while exercising at the company garden, how it could be possible unless they were tapping my phone”, asked Yadav.He further said that he would also be raising the issue with the home ministry and state police as it was something which breaches his privacy. ALLAHABAD: Samjawadi Party spokesperson Richa Singh has written to the Union home minister Rajnath Singh alleging that her phone is being tapped by Allahabad police without her knowledge which is violation of Article 20 and 21 of the Indian Constitution.In her letter, Richa, who is presently pursuing her PhD from Allahabad University and was the first women president of the AU student union, has written that on December 16, when she went to Colonelganj police station to meet her party workers, she was told by the Station Officer (SO) of Colonelganj police station that all of her calls were being recorded.“The officer not only informed me that he has all the recordings of my phone calls but he infact played some of it in the presence of my fellow party workers”, said Richa, who had contested the last assembly polls from Allahabad West constituency on SP ticket.In her letter, which was also addressed to DGP, UP and SSP Allahabad, Richa has further stated, "neither I am a criminal nor I have any criminal background, yet the police not only tapped my phone but the police officer threatened me that he has my recordings, a fact which has caused me great mental stress.

ALLAHABAD: Samjawadi Party spokesperson Richa Singh has written to the Union home minister Rajnath Singh alleging that her phone is being tapped by Allahabad police without her knowledge which is violation of Article 20 and 21 of the Indian Constitution.In her letter, Richa, who is presently pursuing her PhD from Allahabad University and was the first women president of the AU student union, has written that on December 16, when she went to Colonelganj police station to meet her party workers, she was told by the Station Officer (SO) of Colonelganj police station that all of her calls were being recorded.“The officer not only informed me that he has all the recordings of my phone calls but he infact played some of it in the presence of my fellow party workers”, said Richa, who had contested the last assembly polls from Allahabad West constituency on SP ticket.In her letter, which was also addressed to DGP, UP and SSP Allahabad, Richa has further stated, "neither I am a criminal nor I have any criminal background, yet the police not only tapped my phone but the police officer threatened me that he has my recordings, a fact which has caused me great mental stress."She has asked the union minister that whether any clearance from his ministry was taken before going ahead with tapping her calls?Meanwhile, another SP member and former president of AUSU, Avnish Yadav has also alleged that his phone was tapped by the police. “I arrived from Delhi on Saturday night and was detained early next morning while exercising at the company garden, how it could be possible unless they were tapping my phone”, asked Yadav.He further said that he would also be raising the issue with the home ministry and state police as it was something which breaches his privacy.

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