A complaint about the alleged tapping of telephone conversations between some industrialists and politicians by the Essar Group has been forwarded to the Union Home Ministry for “appropriate action.”
The complaint was made to the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) by lawyer Suren Uppal, who alleged that the Essar had ordered its former security chief Albasit Khan to tap the phone conversations of its business rivals.
“The complaint has been forwarded to the Home Ministry for appropriate action,” a senior government official said. The complaint includes the call logs of the alleged conversations of industrialists Mukesh and Anil Ambani with directors and promoters of the two companies and other senior officials, as well as conversations that show how business rivals reach out to politicians to seek favours. The calls were recorded by a former Essar employee Al asit Khan from 2000.
The complaint also mentioned purported conversations of senior officials of the PMO including Ranjan Bhattacharya and Brajesh Mishra.
