
Ashok Gehlot’s former advisor Lokesh Sharma submitted a seven-page written assertion,
Jaipur:
Former OSD of Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot Lokesh Sharma on Thursday mentioned he has handed over proof to the Delhi Police Crime Department to help his declare that Gehlot offered him with the recording of Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat’s name to Distributed to the media in the course of the 2020 political disaster.
Mr Sharma arrived on the Crime Department in New Delhi on Thursday and handed over a pen drive, laptop computer and cell phone for investigation.
Final Wednesday, Delhi police questioned Sharma in reference to the cellphone hacking case complained by Shakawat.
Sharma submitted a seven-page written assertion describing the sequence of occasions that befell on July 16, 2020, when he obtained pen drives purportedly containing recordings of the then CM’s calls and distributed them to the media.
“I’ve offered all of the proof to help my assertion. Now Ashok Gehlot needs to be summoned for interrogation,” he mentioned.
In April this 12 months, Mr. Sharma had publicly claimed that the previous chief minister had offered him with a purported cellphone dialog between Mr. Shekhawat and a few Congress leaders about “toppling” the Congress authorities in Rajasthan. Audio clip.
He alleged that Ashok Gehlot had offered the pen drive, which contained three recordings of calls, “together with two purportedly between Mr. Shekhawat and Congress leaders.
“I transferred the recording to my laptop computer after which from the laptop computer to my cell phone after which unfold it to the media by way of social media,” he instructed PTI.
Mr. Sharma mentioned he was not concerned within the cellphone interception incident. “This was accomplished on the directions of the then chief minister,” he mentioned.
The political disaster was the results of the then deputy minister Sachin Pilot and 18 different Congress leaders’ rise up in opposition to Mr Gehlot’s management.
Clips of alleged cellphone conversations between Mr Shekhawat and Congress leaders in the course of the disaster surfaced, after which Mr Gehlot claimed Mr Shekhawat was behind the overthrow of his authorities.
Mr Sharma circulated the movies, which allegedly contained conversations about “overthrowing” the Congress authorities.
In March 2021, the Delhi Police registered an FIR in opposition to Sharma, charging him with prison conspiracy, prison breach of belief and unlawful interception of cellphone calls based mostly on a criticism by Shekhawat.
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