<p>Centre today decided to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into the "snooping" on a woman in Gujarat allegedly at the behest of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The decision was taken by the Union Cabinet under Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act which empowers the Centre to set up such a commission.<br /><br />The commission is likely to be headed by a retired Supreme Court judge and will submit its report within three months.<br /><br />The Cabinet has decided to constitute the inquiry into the incidents of physical/electronic surveillance in the states of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi allegedly without authorisation.<br /><br />The proposal for setting up the probe panel was mooted by the Home Ministry, which had suggested that it should be headed by a sitting or a retired Supreme Court Judge.<br /><br />The Centre's decision over-rules the contention of the Gujarat government that it was a state matter and it had already appointed a commission for probe into the matter.<br /><br />The Union Cabinet's decision came against the backdrop of fresh claims that the alleged snooping was conducted beyond the state of Gujarat.<br /><br />Web portal gulail.com had yesterday claimed that the snooping of the woman allegedly at the behest of Modi was not only confined to Gujarat but extended to Karnataka as well.<br /><br />The portal, which along with another portal cobrapost. com, had first exposed the matter, alleged that Gujarat police had in 2009 contacted its Karnataka counterpart during the Chief Ministership of B S Yedyurrapa for intercepting the telephone of the woman when she was living in Bangalore.<br /><br /><br /></p>
<p>Centre today decided to appoint a Commission of Inquiry into the "snooping" on a woman in Gujarat allegedly at the behest of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The decision was taken by the Union Cabinet under Section 3 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act which empowers the Centre to set up such a commission.<br /><br />The commission is likely to be headed by a retired Supreme Court judge and will submit its report within three months.<br /><br />The Cabinet has decided to constitute the inquiry into the incidents of physical/electronic surveillance in the states of Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, and Delhi allegedly without authorisation.<br /><br />The proposal for setting up the probe panel was mooted by the Home Ministry, which had suggested that it should be headed by a sitting or a retired Supreme Court Judge.<br /><br />The Centre's decision over-rules the contention of the Gujarat government that it was a state matter and it had already appointed a commission for probe into the matter.<br /><br />The Union Cabinet's decision came against the backdrop of fresh claims that the alleged snooping was conducted beyond the state of Gujarat.<br /><br />Web portal gulail.com had yesterday claimed that the snooping of the woman allegedly at the behest of Modi was not only confined to Gujarat but extended to Karnataka as well.<br /><br />The portal, which along with another portal cobrapost. com, had first exposed the matter, alleged that Gujarat police had in 2009 contacted its Karnataka counterpart during the Chief Ministership of B S Yedyurrapa for intercepting the telephone of the woman when she was living in Bangalore.<br /><br /><br /></p>