Police file chargesheet in Arun Jaitley phone tapping case

New Delhi: Delhi Police on Tuesday chargesheeted four persons in BJP leader Arun Jaitley phone-tapping case and said one of the accused did this on a “personal level” to allegedly rescue himself from criminal proceedings going against him in 2005 Amar Singh phone-tapping case. The Special Cell of Delhi Police filed its charge sheet before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Amit Bansal who took cognisance of the final report and posted the matter for further proceeding on April 30. [caption id=“attachment_704114” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Arun Jaitley. AFP[/caption] In its charge sheet filed against Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas, 35, and three private detectives, Anurag Singh, 37, Neeraj Nayar, 36, and Nitish Singh, 30, who are now in judicial custody, it said Anurag, the alleged mastermind, was obtaining call detail records (CDRs) of Jaitley and others expecting it could be “exploited” in rescuing himself from the Amar Singh case. “At this juncture, it is submitted that on his personal level, Anurag was obtaining these CDRs for the purpose of somehow finding contacts in the circles of political/business /media power houses which he expected could be exploited in his efforts of rescuing himself from the criminal legal process staring at him in … Amar Singh phone-tapping case,” the police said. The police said Anurag, along with others, was arrested on December 30, 2005 in the Amar Singh phone tapping case. The special cell had in December 2005 registered a case after allegations that Amar Singh’s phone was tapped by some “unscrupulous elements” and during the investigation, Anurag was arrested along with others for allegedly forging letters of the then Joint Commissioner of Police and the Home Secretary of Delhi government to tap the phone of Amar Singh. In its charge sheet filed today, the police said “Anurag, along with Nitish, was involved in the racket of obtaining CDRs through Neeraj and Arvind.” PTI