Hours after the Mumbai Police recorded his statement in a case involving unauthorised phone tapping, Leader of Opposition Devendra Fadnavis said that he got the impression that he was being questioned as if he was an accused though he did the job of a whistleblower.
The Bandra Kurla Complex cyber police station had issued a notice to Fadnavis under section 160 CrPC, requiring attendance as a witness.
The Mumbai Police had initially asked him to appear at the Bandra Kurla Complex cyber police station, however, later changed its mind and went to the Sagar bungalow in Malabar Hill, the official residence of the Leader of Opposition.
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“Initially, the police sent me a questionnaire.…now they have come (to record my statement)…from the line of questions, it gave me an impression whether I am being treated as an accused or co-accused,” Fadnavis told reporters after his questioning of over two-and-a-half-hours was through.
“As Leader of Opposition, I have privilege (not to share details from where I got the information)…but still I went ahead and decided to share details as a responsible citizen….in fact, I am the whistleblower and I should get protection under the Whistleblowers Protection Act,” he said.
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