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| Who called the Attorney General |
| Who called the Attorney General pretending to be Sonia Gandhi? Home Ministry, cops investigate
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| INDIA
, 23-September-2013
4:54:50 AM |
| The home ministry and Delhi Police have launched a probe into alleged hoax calls made to Attorney General GE Vanhanvati by a woman pretending to be Sonia Gandhi.
The caller allegedly identified herself as the UPA chairperson and discussed crucial cases being heard in the Supreme Court.
Mr Vahanvati is likely to file a formal police complaint in the next two days.
Sources told NDTV that the top lawyer got two calls from the woman - on September 5 and 11 - before hearings on the 'Coal-Gate' scam, or the illegal allocation of coal blocks to private parties at throwaway prices at a huge cost to the government.
The caller allegedly expressed 'unhappiness' over the handling of the coal scam and suggested that Mr Vahanvati should 'lie low'. Sources say the calls were unsettling and convincing enough for the top lawyer to consult senior Congress leaders.
The 66-year-old Congress president was in New York for a medical check-up at the time. She had been flown there after she had to be hospitalized for a few hours on complaints of chest pain, just when Parliament was voting on the Food Security Bill she had championed ardently.
The attorney general, say sources, suspected something wrong and reported the calls to the home ministry.
"We have received a complaint from the Attorney General and are conducting a preliminary inquiry," the Delhi police confirmed.
Reports suggest the Delhi Police and Central Bureau of Investigation have identified the caller as a government employee who is known for her accurate imitation of Sonia Gandhi's voice.
Investigators are wondering whether it was an attempt to influence the coal case at the instance of a more powerful person.
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