The city police also mentioned that the accused police officers had obtained CDRs (Call Detail Records) and IPDRs (Internet Protocol Detail Records) of phone numbers of A Revanth Reddy (Telangana PCC president and now chief minister) and others.
If it came to that, could Tintin have overpowered the snooper of people's private lives?
In his letter to PM Narendra Modi, Naidu mentioned that phone-tapping “directly stands against Articles 19 and 21 of fundamental rights guaranteed in the constitution, wherein right to privacy is violated” and said the state government has been tapping phones illegally for political gains.
The agency's affidavit was filed before a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice A J Bhambhani in response to a petition which has sought the setting up of an SIT to investigate alleged illegal phone tapping of Doval by the CBI.
According to the LA Times, precisely how the surveillance is conducted is unclear, but if a foreign leader is targeted for eavesdropping, the relevant US ambassador and the National Security Council staffer at the White House who deals with the country are given regular reports.
The meeting between German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle and US John B Emerson later Thursday comes a day after Merkel called President Barack Obama to demand clarification about whether her phone had been tapped.
US president Barack Obama defended the surveillance tactics by American intelligence agencies and said that they were not listening to calls as a part of their operation.
Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa today said he wanted to bring in a "change" in his style of functioning in politics as he was a "victim of conspiracy hatched by Congress, JDS and detractors within BJP".
Phone tapping is easier than you thought with the number of smart phone spy software floating around in the mobile sphere.