State didn’t tap phones

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad, March 30 : The state intelligence department on Monday told the Andhra Pradesh High Court it did not tap the phones nor indulged in phone bugging as alleged by the Telugu Desam leaders.

Mr K. Arvinda Rao, additional director-general of police, intelligence department submitted a counter affidavit pursuant to a notice issued by the court while dealing with a petition filed by Mr S.V.Satish Reddy, TD leader of Kadapa.
The petitioner alleged that the police were tapping his and other politicians’ phones.

While refuting the allegations of the petitioner, Mr Rao told the court that the petitioner made allegations without any knowledge of the manner in which any telephone is monitored or tapped by the police and the safeguards which have been dealt with, under the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885.