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CBI raids, quizzes Karnataka IPS officer in snooping case
A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Thursday searched senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Singh''s premises in Karnataka and questioned him on the alleged phone-tapping of politicians and officials during the previous JD(S)-Congress coalition government between June 2018 and July 2019, an official said.
Bengaluru : A team of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) sleuths on Thursday searched senior IPS officer Alok Kumar Singh''s premises in Karnataka and questioned him on the alleged phone-tapping of politicians and officials during the previous JD(S)-Congress coalition government between June 2018 and July 2019, an official said.
20-member CBI team searched Singh''s residence and office and interrogated him to ascertain on whose behest phones of politicians, rebel MLAs of then ruling combine and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) along with officials, including some police officers, were tapped, a state police officer told IANS.
The CBI office here, however, declined to comment on the raid, saying the inquiry is underway and no details to share now .
Singh, a 1994 batch IPS officer, is the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of the Karnataka Stare Reserve Police (KSRP) since August 2, after a 45-day tenure as the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner since June 17.
