<p>New Delhi: The Delhi Police questioned former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot's ex-OSD Lokesh Sharma on Wednesday in connection with a phone-tapping case lodged on a complaint from Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.</p>.<p>Sharma was called for questioning at the Delhi Police's Crime Branch office at Rohini. He reached the office at around 11 am, officials said.</p>.<p>Sharma's interrogation this time could be a cause of concern for Gehlot as his former officer on special duty (OSD) has publicly alleged that an audio clip of a purported telephonic conversation between Shekhawat and some Congress leaders on "toppling" the then Congress government in Rajasthan in 2020 was given to him by the former chief minister himself.</p>.Phone tapping issue: BJP leader V Muraleedharan seeks legal action against LDF MLA Anvar.<p>Sharma's claim has marked a shift from his previous stand that he had got three audio clips from social media and forwarded those to news organisations.</p>.<p>In March 2021, the Delhi Police registered an FIR against Sharma on charges of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and unlawfully intercepting telephonic conversations on a complaint from Shekhawat.</p>.<p>This is Sharma's fifth appearance before the Crime Branch for questioning. He was last quizzed by the Crime Branch sleuths on October 10, 2023.</p>
<p>New Delhi: The Delhi Police questioned former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot's ex-OSD Lokesh Sharma on Wednesday in connection with a phone-tapping case lodged on a complaint from Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat.</p>.<p>Sharma was called for questioning at the Delhi Police's Crime Branch office at Rohini. He reached the office at around 11 am, officials said.</p>.<p>Sharma's interrogation this time could be a cause of concern for Gehlot as his former officer on special duty (OSD) has publicly alleged that an audio clip of a purported telephonic conversation between Shekhawat and some Congress leaders on "toppling" the then Congress government in Rajasthan in 2020 was given to him by the former chief minister himself.</p>.Phone tapping issue: BJP leader V Muraleedharan seeks legal action against LDF MLA Anvar.<p>Sharma's claim has marked a shift from his previous stand that he had got three audio clips from social media and forwarded those to news organisations.</p>.<p>In March 2021, the Delhi Police registered an FIR against Sharma on charges of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and unlawfully intercepting telephonic conversations on a complaint from Shekhawat.</p>.<p>This is Sharma's fifth appearance before the Crime Branch for questioning. He was last quizzed by the Crime Branch sleuths on October 10, 2023.</p>