<p class="title">As the CBI raided the office and residence of former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar on Thursday in connection with a phone tapping case, former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said he is not worried as he has no connection with the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Let them raid whoever they want to. Why are you asking me? How am I connected to it?" Kumaraswamy told reporters in reaction to the raids on Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When it was pointed out that the searches pertained to phone tapping during his tenure as chief minister, Kumaraswamy said, "Everybody does it during their tenure.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If they investigate how the phone tapping happened in the past, then why should I be worried about it?" Kumaraswamy said he has no reason to get worried because he has no connection with the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To a question that the CBI may question him, the JDS leader said "Let them come. As per the law of the land, anyone can be questioned and investigated. Why should I panic?" CBI sleuths on Thursday morning swooped down on the residence and office of Alok Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said about 20 CBI officials reached Kumar's residence at Adugodi and questioned him. They reportedly looked for some pen drive and computers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While confirming the raids, a CBI officer declined to divulge details. The Karnataka government handed over the phone tappingcase to the CBI after a few MLAs alleged that their phone calls were intercepted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A few police officers too complained that their phones were tapped including the present Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As the BJP government came to power, it removed Alok Kumar as the commissioner of police (COP) and appointed Rao in his place.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Days later, an audio clip went viral containing a purported conversation between Rao and a middleman where the former was allegedly lobbying for the post of Bengaluru police commissioner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taking a serious note of it, Rao complained to the Director General of Police Neelamani M Raju who ordered an inquiry led by joint commissioner of police (crime) Sandeep Patil in mid-August.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa ordered an inquiry by CBI which took up the case on August 31.</p>
<p class="title">As the CBI raided the office and residence of former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar on Thursday in connection with a phone tapping case, former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy said he is not worried as he has no connection with the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Let them raid whoever they want to. Why are you asking me? How am I connected to it?" Kumaraswamy told reporters in reaction to the raids on Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">When it was pointed out that the searches pertained to phone tapping during his tenure as chief minister, Kumaraswamy said, "Everybody does it during their tenure.</p>.<p class="bodytext">If they investigate how the phone tapping happened in the past, then why should I be worried about it?" Kumaraswamy said he has no reason to get worried because he has no connection with the matter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">To a question that the CBI may question him, the JDS leader said "Let them come. As per the law of the land, anyone can be questioned and investigated. Why should I panic?" CBI sleuths on Thursday morning swooped down on the residence and office of Alok Kumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police said about 20 CBI officials reached Kumar's residence at Adugodi and questioned him. They reportedly looked for some pen drive and computers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">While confirming the raids, a CBI officer declined to divulge details. The Karnataka government handed over the phone tappingcase to the CBI after a few MLAs alleged that their phone calls were intercepted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A few police officers too complained that their phones were tapped including the present Bengaluru police commissioner Bhaskar Rao.</p>.<p class="bodytext">As the BJP government came to power, it removed Alok Kumar as the commissioner of police (COP) and appointed Rao in his place.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Days later, an audio clip went viral containing a purported conversation between Rao and a middleman where the former was allegedly lobbying for the post of Bengaluru police commissioner.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Taking a serious note of it, Rao complained to the Director General of Police Neelamani M Raju who ordered an inquiry led by joint commissioner of police (crime) Sandeep Patil in mid-August.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa ordered an inquiry by CBI which took up the case on August 31.</p>