<p>An interim report on the phone tapping case submitted to the state police chief has found that an ADGP-rank officer had played a major role in eavesdropping into the private phone conversations of fellow officers, some of whom were his seniors.</p>.<p>Joint-Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil, who was ordered to probe the incident, submitted the interim report to DG & IG Neelmani Raju on Monday. </p>.<p>Sources in the department revealed the name of the officer, who was shunted out from a coveted post recently. However, senior officers refused to confirm the same.</p>.<p>In one of the audio clips that dates back to the time of coalition government, Faraz, a suspect in a Ponzi scam, promises to get the post of Bengaluru police commissioner to a senior ADGP-rank officer by influencing Congress top brass through senior party leader Ahmed Patel.</p>.<p>It was alleged that Faraz was earlier detained in the Ponzi scam case by the Central Crime Branch police but later released with orders to tap his phones.</p>.<p>Sources said the report mentions that the phone tapping took place one month after the Lok Sabha elections when senior police officers were lobbying for city police commissioner’s post.</p>.<p>The report also questions the legality of the phone tapping and leaking of clips to the media, the source added.</p>
<p>An interim report on the phone tapping case submitted to the state police chief has found that an ADGP-rank officer had played a major role in eavesdropping into the private phone conversations of fellow officers, some of whom were his seniors.</p>.<p>Joint-Commissioner of Police (Crime) Sandeep Patil, who was ordered to probe the incident, submitted the interim report to DG & IG Neelmani Raju on Monday. </p>.<p>Sources in the department revealed the name of the officer, who was shunted out from a coveted post recently. However, senior officers refused to confirm the same.</p>.<p>In one of the audio clips that dates back to the time of coalition government, Faraz, a suspect in a Ponzi scam, promises to get the post of Bengaluru police commissioner to a senior ADGP-rank officer by influencing Congress top brass through senior party leader Ahmed Patel.</p>.<p>It was alleged that Faraz was earlier detained in the Ponzi scam case by the Central Crime Branch police but later released with orders to tap his phones.</p>.<p>Sources said the report mentions that the phone tapping took place one month after the Lok Sabha elections when senior police officers were lobbying for city police commissioner’s post.</p>.<p>The report also questions the legality of the phone tapping and leaking of clips to the media, the source added.</p>