‘Phone tapping’ case: Mumbai Police summons IPS officer Rashmi Shukla again

Mumbai Police on Wednesday issued a second summons to IPS officer Rashmi Shukla, asking her to appear before them in connection with an FIR registered at the cyber police station. The FIR pertains to leaking of sensitive data pertaining to transfers of police officers.

The CBI had recently recorded Shukla’s statement in connection with allegations made by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh over corruption charges against former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in police postings.

Shukla, a 1988-batch officer, had earlier written to the Mumbai Police expressing her inability to appear before them in light of the Covid-19 situation and the serious nature of her responsibilities as ADG in Central Reserve Protection Force (CRPF).