<p>One more person was arrested on Monday for allegedly making an unauthorised attempt to access call data records of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley’s mobile phone, police said. <br /><br />Neeraj Kumar, who works with a private detective firm, was arrested in north-east Delhi’s Shahdara. His arrest comes after Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas was arrested on February 14. <br /><br />“Neeraj was identified as an accused during interrogation of Arvind,” a police official said, adding it is believed Neeraj sought call data records of several other people with Arvind’s help. <br /><br />It is alleged that Jaitley’s call details were accessed by stealing password of assistant commissioner of police (operations, New Delhi) Bhoop Singh’s e-mail to send such requests to telecom operators. Jaitley’s mobile number was sent to service provider Airtel as part of a clutch of numbers for which police had official sanction to seek details. <br /><br />Delhi Police also submitted a status report of the case to Union home ministry on Monday. According to the report, raids are being conducted to nab two more aides of Arvind and Neeraj. </p>.<p>The report said Arvind, posted with Parliament Street police station, sought Jaitley’s call data record for personal reasons, but further probe is on. <br /><br />Arvind told police that he was merely checking antecedents of two persons from Uttarakhand, who boasted about their proximity to Jaitley. Arvind runs a real estate business with two friends in Uttarakhand, and was assured of settlement in a Rs 50 lakh property deal. <br /><br />Union home ministry had asked Delhi Police about status of the case on Saturday after several BJP leaders alleged the UPA government’s hand in the spying. A case under Section 66 of the Information Technology Act has been filed in special cell police station. <br /></p>
<p>One more person was arrested on Monday for allegedly making an unauthorised attempt to access call data records of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley’s mobile phone, police said. <br /><br />Neeraj Kumar, who works with a private detective firm, was arrested in north-east Delhi’s Shahdara. His arrest comes after Delhi Police constable Arvind Dabas was arrested on February 14. <br /><br />“Neeraj was identified as an accused during interrogation of Arvind,” a police official said, adding it is believed Neeraj sought call data records of several other people with Arvind’s help. <br /><br />It is alleged that Jaitley’s call details were accessed by stealing password of assistant commissioner of police (operations, New Delhi) Bhoop Singh’s e-mail to send such requests to telecom operators. Jaitley’s mobile number was sent to service provider Airtel as part of a clutch of numbers for which police had official sanction to seek details. <br /><br />Delhi Police also submitted a status report of the case to Union home ministry on Monday. According to the report, raids are being conducted to nab two more aides of Arvind and Neeraj. </p>.<p>The report said Arvind, posted with Parliament Street police station, sought Jaitley’s call data record for personal reasons, but further probe is on. <br /><br />Arvind told police that he was merely checking antecedents of two persons from Uttarakhand, who boasted about their proximity to Jaitley. Arvind runs a real estate business with two friends in Uttarakhand, and was assured of settlement in a Rs 50 lakh property deal. <br /><br />Union home ministry had asked Delhi Police about status of the case on Saturday after several BJP leaders alleged the UPA government’s hand in the spying. A case under Section 66 of the Information Technology Act has been filed in special cell police station. <br /></p>
