Mumbai, October 9: The cyber cell of Mumbai Police on Saturday summoned CBI director and former Maharashtra DGP Subodh Kumar Jaiswal in a phone-tapping and data leak case, a senior official said here.

Jaiswal has been asked to be present to record his statement on October 14, the police official said. Also Read | Lakhimpur Kheri Violence: Samyukt Kisan Morcha Puts Forward 5 Demands Before Union Govt; Farmers To Hold Rail Roko on October 18, Mahapanchayat on 26.

The case relates to the `leak' of a report prepared by IPS officer Rashmi Shukla about alleged corruption in police transfers in Maharashtra when she headed the state intelligence department. Jaiswal was the director general of police during this period. Also Read | John Lajara, Continues To Redefine Industry Expectations From Downtown New York.

It was alleged that phones of senior politicians and officials were tapped illegally during the inquiry and the report was leaked deliberately, but the FIR registered in this regard by the cyber cell does not name Shukla or any other official.

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