Modi’s criminal spying on Mansi Soni A crime punishable with THREE YEARS imprisonment 8 policemen spied on Mansi Soni for one month, "trapped" her, and followed her on a plane to Mumbai, reporting each movement to Amit Shah who directly reported to Modi, and provided direct feedback feedback from Modi. Modi.
Was Mansi Soni a “terrorist” or “depraved” (as Madhu Kishwar has alleged) or was Modi misusing public machinery as a private investigative agency to gratify his “voyeuristic instincts”? Saneev Sabhlo! "raft # $une %&#' his is a preliminary preliminary compilation More as * +nd +nd time * anticipate that Modi (being the vindictive man he is) will attempt to blac! out all information in the public domain about his criminal e,ploits *-m trying to compile this information before he blan!s out everything * encourage you to download and retain this boo!let in your computer. so Modi Modi-s -s drea dream m of blac!i blac!ing ng out the the recor ecords ds of his misdee misdeeds ds can be prevented
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0n important covenant in a democracy is that those voted to power shall protect the wea! and the vulnerable hat is why when the system fails to protect a 3irbhaya or do ustice to a $essica Fal or protect the children of 3ithari. even the most compromising among us ta!e to the streets and demand a rec!oning hat is why we collectively called for stricter laws and swifter punishment for crime against women and children in the wa!e of the brutal "elhi gangrape his story is. however. not about the inadeuacies of the system or its indiPerence *t is far more sordid his story is about the misuse of police machinery and powers of the State by a top minister in the 1uarat government to stal! a young woman from Eangalore. subecting her to constant surveillance for reasons not immediately apparent 1uarat *>S oCcer 1F Singhal. who is an accused in the *shrat $ahan fa!e encounter case (*shrat was !illed. along with three others. by 1uarat >olice in %&&') and out on bail. has handed over hundreds of recorded telephonic conversations to the /E* revealing how three !ey wings of the 1uarat >olice-”the State *ntelligence Eureau. also !nown as /*" *ntelligence. the /rime Eranch and the 0ntiLerrorist Suad-”misused their powers to stal! an unmarried young woman from Eangalore. who had her parents staying in 1uarat he entire surveillanceLcumLphone interception operation was mounted in 0ugust %&&H on oral orders. without any valid legal authoriQation. and was meant only to serve the interests of someone whom the then minister of state for home. 0mit Shah. addressed as ;saheb- he illegal spying operation in which Singhal has confessed to his !ey role was initiated on the instructions of Shah sometime in the month of 0ugust %&&H and continued for several wee!s thereafter he %G audio
recordings submitted to the /E* primarily contain telephonic conversations between Shah and Singhal. who was at the time posted as S> with 0S *n at least half a doQen conversations. Shah is alluding to his saheb-s acute personal interest in the snooping of the woman he conversations suggest Shah was passing minuteLbyLminute details gathered through this snooping operation to his ;saheb- 0 close con+dant of 3arendra Modi. Shah held his oCce as Minister of State for Dome for seven years between %&&4 and %&#& Modi besides being the /M has also been 1uarat-s home minister since 7ctober %&&# Shah was arrested in the Sohrabuddin fa!e encounter case in %&#& and is out on bail. loo!ing after E$>-s poll campaign in Bttar >radesh *nvestigative news portals 1ulail and /obrapost have accessed both the entire set of recordings and the three e,plosive selfLincriminatory statements given by Singhal before the /E* between 0pril and $une this year We also have the #&Lpage panchnama prepared by the /E*. as the agency too! possession of the phone recordings from Singhal 0ll conversations were recorded by Singhal who at that time was close to Shah 0pparently. it was only after the /E* arrested him in the *shrat $ahan !illing case in 5ebruary this year that he crac!ed up and chose to cooperate with the /E* o protect the identity of the victim. we have decided to not reveal her name or present location 5or the purpose of this story. we call her Madhuri 0long with Madhuri. a senior *0S oCcer from 1uarat named >radeep Sharma was also put on watch. illegally ;*n the latter half of %&&H. when * was posted as S> (7perations) in the 0ntiLerrorist Suad (0S) at 0hmedabad. Shri 0mit Shah had directed me several times to watch the movements of Shri >radeep Sharma. who was then posted as Municipal /ommissioner. Ehavnagar De had also as!ed me to put a watch on a young woman named Madhuri * had deputed some men of the /rime Eranch (as 0S was short of subordinate staP) to follow her. as directed by Shri 0mit Shah.- reads Singhal-s statement recorded by the /E* on 0pril #G. %. a copy of which is with us Singhal was released on bail in the last wee! of May % 7n $une H. %. Singhal handed over the phone recordings to the /E* ;*n furtherance of my statement dated #G&'%. * state that * have produced today before you the following8 0 pen drive containing %G call recordings in the month of 0ugust-“September %&&H (beginning &'&J%&&H and ending #&&H%&&H) between me and Shri 0mit Shah primarily. barring some between me and Shri 0K Sharma. me and Shri /*" *ntelligence). and me and Shri :aendra 0sari (then S> Ehavnagar) hese conversations pertain to watching the young woman Madhuri at 0hmedabad and watching Shri >radeep Sharma*n the last paragraph on page J of panchnama prepared by the /E* on $uly H. %. the agency says8 ;Shri 1F Singhal informed that these +les contain telephonic conversation between him and Shri 0mit Shah. the then MoS (Dome). 1uarat State in the month of 0ugust and September %&&H relating to misuse of the police for e,tra legal purposes in miscarriage of usticeSinghal-s statements and phone recordings are now part of the *shrat $ahan fa!e encounter case papers
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he tapes indicate that for at least over a month the 1uarat >olice apparatus used its sweeping powers to rigorously monitor every private moment. every personal conversation and every daily movement of Madhuri Singhal has told the /E* that the surveillance was illegal and was carried out only on the oral instructions of Shah he recordings reveal that Madhuri was tailed even as she visited shopping malls. restaurants. iceLcream parlours. gyms. cinema halls. hotels and airports She was followed even when she visited her ailing mother in a hospital in 0hmedabad When she boarded a Right out of 0hmedabad. orders were issued to put cops on the Right so that she was not out of sight even when she was Rying Strict orders were given to closely observe and pro+le those who met her Shah was particularly interested in !nowing the men she was meeting and whether she was alone or with some man when she chec!ed into a hotel in 0hmedabad Der phones and that of her family and friends were tapped =very bit of information was conveyed to Shah in real time. who in turn claimed to be relaying it to his ;saheb- Fistening to the conversations leaves no doubt that the people involved in the operation !new who this ;saheb- was Such was the importance attached to the surveillance operation that many senior state police oCcials were instructed to personally supervise the movements and activities of the woman Eesides Singhal. who was at that time posted as a Superintendent of >olice with the 0S. the then *1 (*ntelligence) 0K Sharma. the then "eputy S> (/*" *ntelligence) "E (/rime) 0bhay /hudasama were some of the other senior oCcers who were roped in for the operation 0t present. Sharma is posted as $oint /ommissioner of /rime in 0hmedabad city While :aendra 0sari 0ll conversations were recorded by Singhal between 0ugust '. %&&H and September . %&&H 0t many places in the tapes. Shah can be heard complaining that Singhal-s men were not doing a thorough ob as ;saheb- was obtaining information about her movements from his independent sources and his information networ! was at times more eCcient than that of Shah 5or instance. on 0ugust H. Shah in a panic!y call to Singhal said. ;* tal!ed to Saheb and he got to !now from someone that they did go outside twice * thin! our men are not watching properly hey are still there hey went for shopping as well and also moved out along with that boy who came to see her ; 0 little later. Shah again rings up Singhal to say. ;oday they are going out for a meal in a hotel Sahib received a phone about this So watch out as she is going with someone *t is the boy who is coming to see her >ay proper attention he fact is that Saheb gets all the information. so our loopholes might get found out (if our input is late) he tapes also reveal that Shah had instructed Singhal to mount surveillance on a senior *0S oCcer. >radeep Sharma. and tap his phones to +nd out if he was meeting with Madhuri-”something that Singhal has
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also admitted before the /E* Bnaware of the e,istence of these tapes. Sharma had independently +led a writ petitionin the Supreme /ourt in May %&## alleging that he was being framed in bogus corruption cases by the 1uarat government and the reason for this was /hief Minister 3arendra Modi association with a young woman * *t now emerges from Singhal-s statements and tapes that the name of the woman mentioned by Sharma in his petition is the same as the name of the woman who was !ept under watch by Shah and /o 0t several places in the tapes. both Shah and Singhal have named the woman leaving no doubt about her identity he uestion then arises whether it is ust a coLincidence that the name of the woman Sharma alleges to have been associated with Modi matches with that of the woman put under surveillance 7r. there is something more to it than meets the eye? *n one of the phone recordings. Shah is also heard telling Singhal to put a man. who was meeting Madhuri. behind bars for a period longer than served by former "*1 of 0S "1 olice to tap the phones. without any valid legal orders or written permission *n his statements. besides accusing politicians li!e Shah. Singhal has incriminated himself De has confessed to have played a part in planting arms on the person of *shrat $ahan and three others De also disclosed that "1
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in the oCce of 1uarat 0dvocate 1eneral Kamal rivedi and attended by two of Modi-s ministers-” >ratapsinh $adea (MoS. Faw) and >raful >atel (MoS. Dome)-”and an e,Lcabinet minister. Ehupender /hudasama *n the meeting. Singhal and his coLaccused in the *shrat $ahan !illing were assured of the best possible legal protection by the State 0ccording to Singhal. e,pensive encrypted cell phones were purchased and distributed to select government oCcials li!e 1/ Murmu (Secretary to /hief Minister). >> >andey (suspended 0"1 of 1uarat >olice and now prime accused in the *shrat $ahan encounter case). 0K Sharma ($/>. 0hmedabad city) and Singhal himself. who could then discuss over these secured phone lines the tactics of subverting the investigations into encounter !illings Singhal has further revealed in detail how he was used to threaten two !ey prosecution witnesses against Shah in the Sohrabuddin fa!e encounter case he witnesses were threatened in the presence of Ehupendrasinh /hudasama. a senior member of the ruling party and a former minister hus reads his statement given to the /E* on 0pril #G. %&.-Shri Ehupendrasinh /hudasama had stated that he had directions from the /hief Minister Shri 3arendra Modi for these two witnesses to turn hostile. in lieu of which he had stated that the /hief Minister had promised all protection and immunity- Since people li!e Shah and /hudasama constantly reassured him that their actions had Modi-s blessings. Singhal indulged in various illegal activities Says Singhal in his statement to the /E*. ;* restate the fact that previously * had been coerced to participate in and help in certain activities intended to obstruct the process of law 0lthough illegal. unethical and improper. * had not declined to follow instructions because * was under a cloud in this case and Shri 0mit Shah used to wield his authority by ma!ing it appear that * and my subordinate oCcers were being protected from incarceration by his and the /hief Minister-s ePorts 0t this point of time. 1ulail and /obrapost have no means to independently verify these charges Whether Singhal-s statements and evidence stand the scrutiny of the courts or not. they nonetheless reveal a chilling modus operandi of the Modi regime 7Ccers li!e Singhal who were willing to do all the dirty wor! would ta!e instructions from Shah who would freely use Modi-s name and mandate them to indulge in all !inds of criminal activities he uestion arises was all this happening without Modi-s !nowledge? *s Madhuri the only private citiQen to have fallen victim to the state-s secret surveillance? Dow many more people-”political opponents. human rights activists. ournalists. witnesses. police oCcers-”have been snooped around? 7ne also wonders how did the snooping operation on Madhuri end? Why did Singhal record his conversations with Shah for ust over a month and not beyond that? Dow the information procured about her was put to use? his is a closet that only opens from the inside Singhal has cran!ed it open. but ust a bit >erhaps. the full scale of illegal snooping that may have gone on for years in 1uarat will never be fully !nown 0shish Khetan is =ditor. 1ulailcom :aa /howdhury is a Senior /orrespondent with /obrapostcom
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999 Shah8 his evening the person is supposed to leave hat is the info with Sahib /hec! out what Right it could be in the evening Maybe 1o0ir 0nd has that man reached Ehavnagar? Singhal8 Aes sirVhe has * have chec!ed out his location and he reached last night Shah8 *f this girl is going to Mumbai ma!e sure he does not go to Mumbai 999 Suspended 1uarat *>S oCcer 1F Singhal. an accused in the %&&' *shrat $ahan murder case. has handed over hundreds of recorded telephonic conversations to the /E* revealing how three !ey wings of the 1uarat policethe State *ntelligence Eureau. also !nown as /*" *ntelligence. the /rime Eranch and the 0ntiLerrorist Suad (0S)deployed their combined might to stal! a young woman in her %&s for more than a month in %&&H he surveillanceLcumLtelephone interception operation was mounted on oral orders. without any valid legal authorisation or paper wor!. and was meant to serve the interests of someone whom the then minister of state for home. 0mit Shah. repeatedly refers to as ;sahib- he illegal spying operation. in which Singhal has confessed to playing a !ey role. was initiated on the instructions of Shah sometime in $uly %&&H and continued for several wee!s thereafter he %G audio recordings submitted to the /E* primarily contain telephonic conversations between minister Shah and oCcer Singhal he latter recorded all conversations on his cellphone between 0ugust '. %&&H. and September . %&&H *n at least halfLaLdoQen of these conversations. Shah has been recorded admitting that ;sahib- was ta!ing an acute personal interest in the snooping on the woman and that he was relaying information thus procured to his ;sahib- Shah was the minister of state for home in 3arendra Modi-s team from %&&4 until his arrest in the Sohrabuddin Shei!h fa!e encounter case in %&#& De is currently in charge of the bp-s election strategy in Bttar >radesh Singhal. who was arrested in the *shrat $ahan encounter case in 5ebruary this year. was released on bail in May De is currently under suspension as S>. state crime records bureau
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*nvestigative websites 1ulail and /obrapost have accessed the entire set of recordings as well as three e,plosive selfLincriminatory statements Singhal gave before the /E* in $une this year We have also obtained the #&Lpage panchnama the /E* prepared while ta!ing possession of the phone recordings from Singhal o protect the identity of the surveillance victim. we have decided not to reveal her real name or location 5or the purpose of this story. we will call her Madhuri “*n the latter half of %&&H. when * was posted as S> (operations) in the 0ntiLerrorist Suad (0S) at 0hmedabad. Shri 0mit Shah had directed me several times to watch the movements of Shri >radeep Sharma. who was then posted as municipal commissioner. Ehavnagar De had also as!ed me to put a watch on a young woman named Madhuri (name changed) * had deputed some men of the /rime Eranch (as 0S was short of subordinate staP) to follow her. as directed by Shri 0mit Shah.” reads Singhal-s statement that was duly recorded by the /E* on 0pril #G this year he tapes indicate that for at least over a month the 1uarat police apparatus used its sweeping powers to rigorously monitor every private moment. every personal conversation and every daily movement of Madhuri She was tailed even as she visited shopping malls. restaurants. iceLcream parlours. the gym. cinema halls. hotels and airports When she too! Rights out of 0hmedabad. orders were issued to put cops on the Right so that she was not out of sight even when she was Rying She was not spared even while visiting her mother in hospital Strict orders were also given to closely observe and pro+le those who met her Shah was particularly interested in !nowing the men she was meeting and whether she was alone or with some man when she chec!ed into hotels in 0hmeL dabad Der phones and those of her family and friends were illegally tapped =very bit of information was conveyed to Shah in real time. who in turn claimed to be relaying it to his ;sahib- Such was the importance attached to the surveillance operation that many senior state police oCcials were instructed to personally supervise Madhuri-s movements and activities Eesides Singhal. the then inspectorL general. *ntelligence. 0K SharmaX then deputy S>. /*" *ntelligence. "E
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Who wanted Madhuri to be under surveillance and why?
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Das the 1uarat police tailed other private individuals similarly?
Fistening to the conversations. it is clear that the cops from the 1uarat 0S. /*" *ntelligence and the /rime Eranch. whose ob is to protect the life of ordinary citiQens from organised crime and terrorism. snooped on an unmarried woman. without once uestioning the blatant illegality of it 0t many places in the tapes. Shah can be heard complaining that Singhal-s men were not doing a thorough ob as ;sahib- was obtaining information about her movements from his independent sources and his information networ! was at times faster than that of Shah 5or instance. on 0ugust H. %&&H. Shah is heard saying in a panic!y call to J policemen spied on Mansi Soni for one month. trapped her. and followed her on a plane to Mumbai. reporting each movement to 0mit Shah who directly reported to Modi. and provided direct feedbac! from Modi
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Singhal. “* tal!ed to Sahib and he got to !now from someone that they did go outside twice * thin! our men are not watching properly hey are still there hey went for shopping as well and also moved out along with that boy who came to see her” 0 little later. Shah again rings up Singhal “oday they are going out for a meal in a hotel Sahib received a phone about this So watch out as she is going with someone *t is the boy who is coming to see her >ay proper attention he fact is that Sahib gets all the information. so it leaves us in poor light (if our input is late)” Singhal-s statements and the whole evidence reveal a telling modus operandi of the Modi regime 7Ccers li!e Singhal who were doing all the dirty wor! would ta!e instructions from Shah who would freely use Modi-s name and mandate while as!ing the cops to indulge in all !inds of criminal activities *s Madhuri the only victim of the state-s secret surveillance? Dow many more peoplepolitical opponents. human rights activists. ournalists. witnesses. copshave been snooped on? Dow did the snooping operation on Madhuri end? his is a closet that only opens from the inside Singhal has cran!ed it open. but ust a bit %y Ashish (hetan and )a*a +howdhury $Ashish (hetan is publisher of gulail.com, )a*a +howdhury is senior correspondent withcobrapost.com.&
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Amit Shah deployed illegal -u1arat )olice sur.eillance on woman 0or 8saheb8+ (op 33 [ 3ov #2. %. &J&& >M *S 3=W "=FD*8 E$> general secretary 0mit Shah made 1uarat >olice deploy illegal police surveillance on a young woman because his saheb was obsessed about !nowing every moment of hers he details were made public by investigative websites /obrapost and 1ulail. based on taped phone conversations between *>S oCcer 1F Singhal. Shah and others he tapes were submitted to /E* by Singhal. who is an accused in the *shrat $ahan fa!e encounter case 0ccording to tapes played out before the media on 5riday here. the illegal spying operation was initiated sometime in 0ugust %&&H. when Shah was 1uaratNs minister of state for home. and continued for several wee!s thereafter 0ccording to these tapes. 1uarat 0nti errorist Suad (0S). where Singhal was an S>. illegally listened in on the womanNs mobile phones. had policemen deployed at airport. hotel. and even in hospital where her mother was undergoing a surgery Eesides the woman. a senior 1uarat *0S oCcer >radeep Sharma was also put under illegal watch *n the latter half of %&&H. when * was posted as S> (operations) in the antiLterrorist suad (0S) at 0hmedabad. Shri 0mit Shah had directed me several times to watch the movements of Shri >radeep Sharma. who was then posted as municipal commissioner. Ehavnagar De had also as!ed me to put a watch on a young woman named Madhuri * had deputed some
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men of the crime branch (as 0S was short of subordinate staP) to follow her. as directed by Shri 0mit Shah. the investigative websites uoted Singhal as having told the /E* on 0pril #G. % he websites calimed that for over a month the -u1arat )olice apparatus 9used its sweeping powers to rigorously monitor e.ery pri.ate moment4 e.ery personal con.ersation and e.ery daily mo.ement o0 Madhuri :name gi.en by the websites;< Singhal has told the (!# that the sur.eillance was illegal and was carried out only on the oral instructions o0 Shah<9 0ccording to recordings played before the media on 5riday 4 the woman was tailed as she .isited shopping malls4 restaurants4 ice cream parlours4 gyms4 cinema halls4 hotels and airports< The recordings also show that she was 0ollowed e.en as she .isited her ailing mother in a hospital< %hen she boarded a =ight 0rom Ahmedabad4 cops were as2ed to board the same aircra0t so that she was not out o0 sight e.en 0or a moment< 0ccording to the recordings. Shah was !een to !now about the men who met the woman. and if she was with some man when she chec!ed into a hotel in 0hmedabad 3ot ust her phone. but also those of her family and friends were tapped by the 0S. the tapes reveal Shah !ept collecting information almost real time. while also revealing that his saheb had other sources for information on the woman 0ccording to the tapes. Shah also instructed Singhal to put surveillance on *0S oCcer >radeep Sharma Shah was !een to !now if Sharma was meeting with the particular woman he websites claim that unaware of the e,istence of these tapes Sharma had independently >led a writ petition in the Supreme (ourt in May ?@ alleging that he was being 0ramed in bogus corruption cases by the -u1arat go.ernment4 and among the allegations he mentions is about 'arendra Modi8s association with a young woman<
9#t now emerges 0rom Singhal8s statements and tapes that the name o0 the woman mentioned by Sharma in his petition is the same as the name o0 the woman who was 2ept under watch by Shah and company49 the websites said in a statement
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Madhu Kishwar denounces Mansi Soni as a terrorist My blog post Madhu ishwar4 please pro.ide proo0 o0 your STRO'- claims against Mansi Soni Madhu. you !now we both have a common interest in good governance and liberty We have been +ghting the same +ght for many years8 for *ndiaNs liberty and future So it is important that we always spea! the truth to the best of our ability * note that you have made the following claims against Mansi Soni8
a; That she is a terrorist+ What is the charge? Why were they doing this surveillance? 0t least this much should be clear Was it that she was involved with a terror group? Aou better +nd this out as that-s important >lease. +nd out whether she was another *shrat $ahan. and if she was another *shrat $ahan. she should be having surveillance YSourceZ 5irst. there is no proof that *shrat $ahan was a terrorist *ndeed. there is evidence to the contrary Second. you realise that this !ind of a statement reuires proof What proof do you have to suggest that Mansi Soni was a terrorist? his a very strong statement and you may be liable for libel if it turns out to be false
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Y3ote8 *Nve ta!en a snapshot of this tweet should Madhu chose to delete it in the futureZ DereNs one more e,tremely strong statement. that you MBS provide proof of. else once again. you e,pose yourself to libel
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3ote that *Nve the greatest regard and sympathy for Mansi Soni * donNt see 03A reason why Modi would spy on her * believe she should lead a national movement against Modi Eut you are now suggesting that * may have misLread the issue of Mansi Soni. and that she is a terrorist who has aPairs with senior *0S oCcers? Which terrorist organisation does she wor! for? 0ll * !now is that she is an accomplished architect
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petition ot the Supreme /ourt) L being an architect from Eangalore. her Fin!edin pro+le (since removed). the comment on StaQ /lub restaurant. and her 5aceboo! account (of which * had ta!en screen shots) his information was in the public domain and all one had to do was to lin! it together in ten minutes
Modi and Madhuri< Mansi Soni is CMadhuriD< So is TH#S Mansi the one he following lin!ages can now be made8 5rom here (petition of >radeep Sharma. *0S. to the Supreme /ourt). we determine that the name of Madhuri is Ms Mansi Soni his is >BEF*/FA 0<0*F0EF= 0nd widely so Yeg here or hereZ Since %&## 5rom here (Fin!edin) we determine that there is one Mansi Soni. architect. with uali+cations from EMS /ollege of =ngineering. Eangalore and /o 5ounder at =colibrium =nergy (>) Ftd 5rom here. we determine that Ms Mansi Soni has a 5aceboo! account8 https8IIwwwfaceboo!comImansisoni422
5rom the 5aceboo! account of Mansi Soni we /735*:M that she has e,tensively travelled to 1uarat8
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5rom the data compiled above. it does S==M that this Mansi Soni is the person of interest. although there may well be 037D=: Mansi Soni who is an architect from Eangalore and who has travelled to 1uarat *5 this is the Madhuri that we are tal!ing about. then this is what she loo!s li!e8 Y0""=3"BM #4 0>:*F %&#' L >D77 :=M7<=" 7 D= E77MZ
# would hope that the actual 9Madhuri9 spea2s up urgently F since her security has been .iolated by Modi and his gang o0 thugs< *f this pro+le is the incorrect Mansi. * reuest to be e,cused for any unintended attention this post might attract 6 and would appreciate an email at sabhlo!Ogmailcom so * can uic!ly correct this post
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A$$E'$M his article contains a picture of Mansi Soni. as well * donNt thin! it matches well with the previous one on the Mansi Soni public pro+le. though 5urther. 1ulail has posted this picture (see this for details)
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A$$E'$M 3 April ?@G * received this info from a classmate of Mansi Soni.ra!ash ear San*eev ! thank you for sharing this article. ! am a graduate from %MS +ollege of -ngineering $Architecture& %angalore. ! have been vehemently reading on the so called links of Modi with Madhuri/ and that/s what led me to you writing. Mansi Soni absolutely *oins the dot. ! have know her personally in the past. 0e *oined the Architecture department in %MS +ollege of -ngineering, %angalore in 1223. 'er older brother +hintan too graduated from the same +ollege. ! personally think she should come out and speak about it. ! can con4rm the picture of her $blurred image& with 5arendra Modi, the individual pic in sepia is not her, neither the pic of 5arendra Modi holding a woman/s hand is not her. I can also confrm the acebook account that you have sent a message too as hers .
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Why did you give a terrorist ;discreet security-? Modi. why did you give “terrorist” Mansi Soni “discreet security”? >lease release all your Soni spying documents Madhu Kishwar has clearly suggested that Mansi Soni is a terrorist Mansi Soni has not denied it or sued Madhu Kishwar 3or has Modi denied it 1iven Madhu KishwarNs claim that she has studied Modi e,tensively (which * donNt +nd credible. since Modinama had made seriously false assumptions about the 1odhra incident). this leaves open the possibility that Modi was doing the right thing for *ndia by spying on Mansi Eut V *f so. why has Mansi SoniNs father alleged that Mansi was being provided security by Modi (who was busy trapping her and following her secretly on planes)? Something is missing =ither Mansi Soni is a terrorist (as Madhu Kishwar alleges) and 1uarat police needed to spy on her. or she was 7K but being given security by Modi (but then the type of security was more li!e spying Modi calls it discreet security) his is :=0FFA >:7EF=M0*/ 3othing adds up his whole incident is stin!ing li!e a dead +sh he matter can be resolved if 0FF oCcial documents in relation to this security reuest are published 0ndIor Madhu Kishwar should publish proof that Mansi Soni is a terrorist * donNt agree with the 50K= inuiry that Modi has set up Fet him release 0FF documents regarding Mansi Soni hat will help clear this M0SS*<= S*3K
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he violation of Speci+c violation of law :ule '#H0 of the *ndian elegraph :ules. #H2# ma!es it compulsory for the state home secretary and the inspector general of police-s permission to be sought before any communication is intercepted Moreover. under the *ndian elegraph 0ct. #H2#. communication can be intercepted only on account of a public emergency or for public safety *f either of those two preconditions is satis+ed. then the government may cite any of the following +ve reasons8 “the sovereignty and integrity of *ndia. the security of the state. friendly relations with foreign states. or public order. or for preventing incitement to the commission of an oPence” 0s per reports. none of those who were in charge at that time had any in!ling of what was going on. thereby ma!ing the entire operation illegal
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Modi and 0mit Shah used 0@>0A=: 5B3"S to stal! Madhuri Modi and Madhuri F Modi and Amit Shah had no business to use TA)AYER *'$S to stal2 Madhuri his report is shoc!ing that Modi used his entire police machinery to literally stal! Madhuri. a Eangalore based female architect YSaneev8 *-ve copied this separately. below Ysee 99Z. to ensure that Modi doesn-t force imes of *ndia to remove the reportZ he motive 6he girl7s father, however, said in a statement that his daughter, who was based in %angalore, had come to Ahmedabad when her mother was to undergo a surgery. She was reuired to commute at odd hours between the hospital and a nearby hotel which was a matter of concern to him. 'e had, therefore, orally reuested Modi, "with whom we have long9standing family relations" to "take care" of her. 'e was shocked that some "vested interests" were approaching the media in this regard. : Source ;
*t would appear at +rst sight this that Modi was interested in providing security to Madhuri Eut there are two pieces of contrary information8 a) hat >radeep Sharma. an *0S oCcer. mentioned that Modi has an interest in this woman Sharma had independently 4led a writ petition in the Supreme +ourt in May <=11 alleging that he was being framed in bogus corruption cases by the Gu*arat government, and among the allegations he mentions is about 5arendra Modi7s association with a young woman. : Source ;
b) hat Shah was passing details to Modi on a minuteLbyLminute basis8 6he conversations suggest Shah was passing minute9by9minute details gathered through this snooping operation to his saheb/. : Source ;
Why would such minuteLbyLminute transfer of information occur if Modi was simply NprotectingN Madhuri? hereafter >radeep Sharma was allegedly hounded by Modi De was allegedly framed and is under suspension "espite W0:3*31S from /0. Modi has been refusing to even pay suspension allowance to this oCcer /73/FBS*73 *t is unclear what the motive for this stal!ing was *t is clear. however. that stal!ing and surveillance "*" occur 0t ta,payer cost *t is /:B/*0F to determine whether any >BEF*/ purpose was served by
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this e,pense. and whether appropriate permissions were ta!en for such e,pense his is one more sign of a ModiLcentred ma+a Modi doesnNt believe in any constraints of the law. and is willing to use his police machine in any way to suit his needs he destruction by Modi of the machinery of government in 1uarat is complete
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>radeep Sharma8 ;* will +ght till the last for my dignitySuspended #AS oIcer )radeep Sharma opens up on J-od/send’ Singhal and the reasons why the state go.t .ictimised him RoKy -agde2ar $anuary &J. %&#' 0 day after he tried to +le a complaint against /hief Minister 3arendra Modi and his close aide 0mit Shah. suspended *0S oCcer >radeep Sharma bro!e his silence al!ing to 0hmedabad Mirror. Sharma said that after 1 F Singhal-s tapes revealed that even the family of the woman was snooped on by the team of 1uarat police. the E$> has duc!ed uestions “hey cannot defend themselves. as it is clear that the state-s fund was illegally used and documents were forged to snoop on me and the woman as well as her family.” he said /urrently. Sharma is busy consulting lawyers for advice to +ght the case legally he recent incidents have also aPected him personally “My family too has suPered a lot.” he said 0fter being arrested by the state government in $anuary . %&#&. when he was Kutch collector and subseuently released on bail. Sharma struc! bac! after the details of the tapes submitted to /E* by suspended *>S oCcer 1 F Singhal revealed that. Sharma and a woman along with her family were snooped on by the then minister of state for home 0mit Shah at the behest of a person identi+ed as ;Saheb- by Shah
On being .ictimised “here is no doubt that. * have been boo!ed for si, cases due to the vindictive nature of 3arendra Modi *n the +rst case. * was shoc!ed as it came as a surprise to all of us he second case unnerved meX the subseuent cases emboldened me and eventually made me stronger * am not frightened of the future * will +ght till my last breath for my dignity”
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“7f course. one of the reasons of victimising me was the preudice against my brother Kuldeep Sharma (retired "1>) by the state government 0s my brother did not fall in the line li!e other oCcers. he was sidelined and later harassed by the state government”
*or being snooped “* was intimated by some friends in %&&H. when * was posted as the municipal commissioner. Ehavnagar. that * was being spied upon by some people 0t that time * was not sure why the state government was !eeping a watch on me * believed that * was being watched because * was Kuldeep-s brother Dowever. the e,act reason was !nown to me after * was falsely implicated in criminal cases”
On the mysterious woman “* was the one who introduced her to the chief minister Der family even invited me to +nalise the boy for her marriage and we shared a good relationship till the time * was posted in Ehavnagar Der family was in good terms with me”
On the recent tapes Eefore these tapes were revealed. *had included similar facts in an aCdavit to the Supreme /ourt Dowever. as * was not able to attribute the aCdavit with the valid proofs * had to remove the part of the ;womanfrom the aCdavit Dowever. * have again submitted another aCdavit in the Supreme /ourt based on the proofs provided in the tapes and the hearing is scheduled in midL $anuary
On - & Singhal CHe is no less than a god 0or me< The e.idence submitted by him has pro.ed that # ha.e been 0alsely boo2ed in all siK cases and ha.e also opened up the reasons as why the state go.ernment acted in so .indicti.e a manner against me< Singhal is no less than an angel sent to me by -odling the complaint Sharad Singhal4 the district superintendent o0 police4 -andhinagar district4 said that as there is a commission 0ormed by the state go.ernment to inLuire into the snooping case4 the police will not get into the in.estigation on Sharma’s application Dowever. reacting to this statement. Sharma said that. how were the accused of the 3aroda >atiya boo!ed and even a trial conducted despite 3anavatiL Mehta /ommission inuiring into the case and the report yet to be submitted On being 0alsely implicated “*n a career spanning 4& years. there has not been a single inuiry conducted against me 0nd in one year * was boo!ed for si, criminal cases his is what. a vindictive man can do”
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(HAR-E + M#SSE O* )!&#( )O&#(E MA(H#'ERY A'$ #&&E-A& S)Y#'- !Y MO$# L 3ow >:7<=3 E=A73" :=0S730EF= "7BE. including the motive his is a /:*M*30F act Modi used the state machinery (at e,tensive cost) in a matter of his personal relationship with Mansi Soni Modi should be chargesheeted *n addition. as >radeep Sharma says. even surveillance over him was illegal Modi thin!s the machinery of the state is his plaything De D0S to go his is not the !ind of >M *ndia needs
(HAR-E ?+ TRA'S*ERR#'- )!&#( *'$S TO MA'S# SO'# his has already been proven beyond A'Y doubt. it being disclosed as part of an :* application he amount is immaterial 1iven the 3=@BS between Modi and Mansi Soni. this payment is illegal and criminal. amounting to corruption Y0lso see thisZ
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his was tip of iceberg8 Modi D0E*B0FFA and illegally spied on people One more #)S oIcer :5S Mohapatra; hammers a nail into Modi8s coIn Modi is proving to be worse than * had thought *n every way 0fter con+rmed complicity in the !illing hundreds of innocents. he has now been shown to be a M=10LS>A he Mansi Soni saga is of one piece $ Mohapatra. *>S G' batch. protested to ModiNs government in %&&' itself "etails below "an o#cial letter and demanded a strict phone interception policy. 6he Modi government could be in fresh trouble with this o#cial letter by senior !S o#cers which blows the lid on illegal phone9tapping by the
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police in Gu*arat" >! will soon e?pose how the then minister of state Amit Shah gave regular orders to intercept phones of political rivals, private citi@ens and even *ournalists, an !S o#cer told Mirror adding that Modi government wanted to have a hawk/s eye on all developments in the state. the then additional director general of police $intelligence& J Mohapatra in his letter dated 5G=B3CD on Euly 1D, <==3 wrote to the principal secretary how there were e?amples of Gu*arat police indulging in illegal phone interception. 'e gave 4ve illustrations also of top o#ces and o#cers >agrantly violating set rules and indulging in phone tapping. former director general of police Amitabh Pathak had made it public on May D1, <=1D that he was shocked to learn that from May to ecember <=1<, Gu*arat police had obtained call detail records $+)& of 2D,=== mobile owners without his knowledge or following legal procedure. >%esides political rivals, the government was keen to know what *ournalists and media barons in the state were up to and their mindsets, he claimed. 'e added Shah/s orders for phone tapping were usually laced with the pre4? >saheb wants it.: Source ;
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This man has been running the -u1arat state as his pri.ate >e0dom< %hy is no one >ling charges against him yet Fet him e,plain his actions to the courts D= /:*M= *llegal phone tapping could invite three years o0 imprisonmen t under Section % (b) of the *ndian elegraph 0ct he aggrieved person can +le an 5*: and also move the Duman :ights /ommission as unauthorised tapping is violation of right to privacy
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Modi8s Ahmedabad is ETREME&Y 'SA*E *OR %OME'< 7r at least thatNs the import of the letter from Mansi SoniNs father his utter lac! of safety for women made >ranlal Soni see! special security from Modi for his daughter Mansi during her motherNs gall bladder surgery in 0hmedabad YSaniv Ehatt has uploaded the Hospital discharge report here) he operation was on ## 0ugust %&&H 0dmission was at #&8&H am Mansi Soni presumably was going to be e,tremely unsafe when she left the hospital at night to go to her hotel She was not told she was being provided security Security was provided to her discreetly 6 spoo!y people watched her from a distance hatNs how Modi provides security to his friendNs daughters 7f course. security was needed only for a couple o0 hours on the way to the hotel on ## and #% 0ugust hereafter. on #4 0ugust. MansiNs mother was discharged =veryone was thereafter supposed to =ee unsafe 0hmedabad Eut Mansi Soni did not Ree unsafe 0hmedabad She hung around *ndeed. she had direct access to ModiNs house and it is alleged by >radeep Sharma that she stayed for two nights in ModiNs house in early %&& 7ne >S7 for Mansi for two hours each night on ## and #% 0ugust was 0FF that Modi should have provided 6 assuming he had actually received a reuest for MansiNs safety. and assuming his "irector 1eneral of >olice has publicly admitted to everyone that 0hmedabad is S7 B3S05= that 37 woman can safely reach her hotel from the hospital without being attac!ed or molested on the way his throws up an important uestion8 What is 0hmedabadNs crime rate against women? Dow many women are molested daily while travelling at night by ta,iIautoric!shaw from the hospital to the hotel? 0nd if Modi canNt even ensure a modicum of safety for women in the city. what uali+es him as a future leader of *ndia? We !now that Modi is e,cellent at !illing Muslims De also seems to have a particularly poor capacity to protect women Eut hold on^ here is a further twist to this manNs capacities
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Modi !new that MansiNs father would call him for her protection 57B: "0AS E=57:= he actually called her 5our days before her mother needed to be admitted in hospital Modi had already arranged discreet security for Mansi Soni in advance 6 from at least ' 0ugust %&&H articularly if you are a woman travelling by ta,i from a hospital to a hotel 1iven this information. can Modi please give us his personal phone number so we can all reuest him personally for this :olls :oyce security that commences E=57:= it is needed. and continues W=FF 05=: it is no longer reuired? 0nd it is discreet 3o one will ever come to !now that it is being provided Bnless the tapes and recordings are lea!ed by some naughty policemen in due course 0nd. of course. his D7M= M*3*S=: has so much time on his hands (when he is not organising the !illing of innocent Muslims) that he is busy monitoring the security of these special women on a regular basis
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>ranlal Soni is lying )ranlal Soni’s testimony about Mansi Soni is contaminated by Modi/worship Someone has provided me the lin! to >ranlal SoniNs faceboo! account >ranlal is Mansi SoniNs father and is the one who said there is 'O )RO!&EM with Modi and his goondas stal2ing his daughter since Modi was allegedly only providing security *Nve earlier discussed the impropriety of Modi providing security to an ordinary citiQen without due security assessment here can be no grounds (no "harma) to waste Dome MinisterNs and senior *>S oCcersN time. and ta,payer money in airtic!ets for policemen to spy on Mansi during a Right to Mumbai he whole thing is not security. anyway. but one solid month S>A*31 on Mansi What has bothered me. however. is that 37 (AR#'- 50D=: W7BF" D0<= 7F=:0=" D=S= 0/*73S 75 M7"* * believe that >ranlal SoniNs testimony is inconsistent with what a 50D=: would normally be e,pected to say here seem to two possible reasons for >ranlal ma!ing this !ind of unnatural statement8
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b; )ranlal Soni8s paternal sentiments ha.e been clouded by Modi/ worship+ 0fter a review of >ranlal SoniNs 5E account (which is )!&#(). this seems to be a clear possibility *Nm posting the following snippets from his 5E pro+le and will discuss the implications at the end of this post Y/lic! for larger imageZ
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(OMME'TS *t is clear from this that >ranlal Soni is a M0$7: 503 75 M7"* De not only writes glowingly about Modi on his 5E page. he is member of two groups that promote Modi *t is almost certain. therefore. that he allowed himself to be coached by ModiNs team to ma!e the statement he made (about this being a case of security for his daughter by Modi) #0 )ranlal Soni8s phone records or .isitor records are accessed4 there will undoubtedly be proo0 o0 ETE'S#"E collaboration with Modi!5) be0ore he made his ''ATRA& public statement< >ranlal Soni has allowed his sentiments as father to be overLridden by even stronger sentiments in favour of Modi
# reLuest )ranlal Soni to loo2 within his soul F as a 0ather< #s TH#S the 2ind o0 #ndia he wants to li.e in F where Modi and his team o0 goondas spy on people8s daughters without any .alid reason *n any event. this is a matter on which Mansi Soni should spea!. and lead a /0M>0*13 010*3S M7"*
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Mansi Soni should spea! out (and be subect to a lie detector test) %hy Mansi Soni :not her 0ather; must spea2 out+ an #AS oIcer is in prison4 and Modi has been spying on her *Nm combining my comments in response to comments from two commentators Y/omment # [ /omment %Z into a separate blog post for those who donNt subscribe to my comments feed *t is important to emphasise that * am focusing on this case (as with other Modi cases) in the >BEF*/ *3=:=S 0nyone who wants to be >M of *ndia must be subect to intense scrutiny
This is a .ery serious case and highlights once again the TOTA& $ESTR(T#O' O* THE )!&#( MA(H#'ERY O* -O"ER'A'(E #' -5ARAT and eKtra/1udicial E'(ROA(HME'T O* (#T#NE'S8 &#!ERT#ES< 7Ccers li!e Sree!umar and Saniv Ehatt would have refused point blan! to spy on private citiQens So Modi booted them out 3ow he has a free hand with )&#A'T4 (ORR)T O**#(ERS and uses the public machine of government for hisprivate purposes 5irst let Mansi Soni spea! and then let Modi tell the country whatNs going on Modi tried to F0A 0 :0> 57: M03S*8 Actually we also tried to lay a trap at night9
%hy Mansi8s 0ather8s statement is a red herring 6he statement by the father doesn/t hold water, but is also problematic in a serious way. 1& et the >girl say what she has to. 6he father has no business to tell us '-) story since she was 5F6 a little girl but an independent businesswoman $architect&, and has allegedly visited Gu*arat not *ust once but e?tensively. 6he petition by radeep Sharma in the Supreme court makes that abundantly clear, apart from the % entry. et Mansi Soni speak out and clarify the number of times she has visited Gu*arat and whether she stayed for two days in Modi/s residence H as alleged by radeep Sharma, Also why was her security a problem only during the period when her mother was to undergo surgeryI 0hat about the other timesI <& Eust because one knows Modi, is that su#cient reason to e?pect ta?payer funded F!+- security for your daugutherI 0hen police security has been withdrawn by Modi from Sreekumar, G, and reduced for San*iv %hatt H poeple with G-5J!5- and well9evaluated needs for security, what security assessment was conducted by Modi before giving Mansi Soni securityI 0hat process is followed by Modi/s government to provide >secuirty to private citi@ensI )ecall that Modi failed to provide security to 1=== people who were killed after the Godhra incident. 'e actively incited these killings. So what makes him provide security to one !ndian and not to the residents of Gu*aratI D& 6he father is assuming that this was a case of security being provided to his daughter. 6hat is incorrect. 6his is a case of prying into the privacy of his dauguther. Modi and his forces were S5FF!5G on his daughter. 6here is a 'JG- diKerence between security and spying. 6his is a case of
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e?tra9*udicial spying, in which Gu*arat police was used by Modi as his private detective agency. 0hich constitutional power entitles him to use police as his private detective agencyI !s the father not bothered that someone with whom he has an old relationship is snooping on his dauguterB stalking herI 0hat about his daughter/s self9respect and libertyI 0hy has he not +F5-M5- the spying on his daugtherI ! condemn it. 3& 6he father forgets that Modi has imprisoned a senior !AS o#cer who had raised some uestions regarding this matter. So this is 5F6 a case of private >security for his daughter. !t is a case of -5A action being taken by Modi against an $allegedly& honest !AS o#cer in a matter in which his daughter is involved. 6his is one more case of the -S6)J+6!F5 of administration, police and *ustice by Modi. 6he case has raised too many further uestions about Modi and his goondas, and their ongoing misuse of a machinery from which the J%!+ get no protection but he gets to use to e?pand his private purposes. And his penchant to liuidateBimprison anyone who raises uestions. et Mansi Soni H who has been spied by Modi H speak and clarify to !ndia. et her also e?plain the petition by radeep Sharma. id she know him. 0hich parts of the petition are correct, which are wrongI !/m surprised that the media has been sitting tight on this issue. 0hat happened to the concept of investigative *ournalismI
his is not ust a matter of ta,payer funds (alleged “security” for Mansi) but a matter of due process and how a >BEF*/ machinery has been hiac!ed for private purposes "ue process. spying on private citiQens. etc Why is *ndiaNs >0*" M="*0 (since these guys donNt do anything till they are bribed) sitting tight? Why are the liberties of *ndians not being protected by the media?
The 9pri.ate9 relationship :whether paternal or otherwise; 'EE$S to be clari>ed * "7 believe it is crucial that the “private” issue be clari+ed for two reasons8 a) 0n oCcer has been imprisoned with allegedly false charges because of this alleged relationship his is no private matter if a >BEF*/ oCcer can be imprisoned this way by Modi b) Modi claims to be a paragon of “virtue” Eut he is a married man he public is entitled to !now his standard of personal integrity and decide whether they want such a man as their >M
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0trocious falsi+cation of facts by ModiIMansiI>ranlal Soni Atrocious 0alsi>cation o0 0acts by ModiMansi)ranlal Soni< The Supreme (ourt should be .ery >rm on this< * chanced upon this article YSnoopgate8 Nhan!fulN for Surveillance. Woman ells Supreme /ourtZ *t suggests a bac!door process being put in place by Modi to sabotage the investigation of *FF=10F surveillance of Mansi Soni using ta,payer funds
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* do hope the Supreme /ourt will uphold the E0S*/ dictates of ustice his is 37 about Mansi Soni or >ranlal SoniNs perception about what happened he fact that both Mansi and >ranlal are lying is an obvious. but irrelevant matter (Mansi was clearly unaware of the surveillance as can be readily deduced from the tapes)
The issue is that TA)AYER MO'EY was used F and SE'#OR police resources di.erted 0rom normal duties F towards eKtensi.e sur.eillance which is entirely unrelated to sa0ety< The sur.eillance included sending a person #' A' A#R(RA*T TO S)Y O' MA'S# SO'#< 0 DB1= bill was rac!ed up for this discreet surveillance (the idea of discreet surveillance is. of course. nonsense his was pure and clear sur.eillance; 0nd it is clear that Modi had a strong personal interest in +nding out what was going on /onstant communication indicated that 0mit Shah was reporting to Modi 0nd remember. Madhu Kishwar called Mansi Soni a =::7:*S 0nd many people *Nve come across have usti+ed this surveillance on the ground that Mansi Soni is a terrorist^ 5urther. this surveillance was totally unrelated to Mansi SoniNs motherNs operation 6 a matter *Nve dealt with earlier after loo!ing at the documents released on 1ulail. etc he surveillance started well before the operation and continued well after it
So the issue is that the laws o0 the land ha.e been .iolated< This is an open and shut criminal matter< &et the Supreme (ourt en0orce the rule o0 law< # can understand -u1arat 1udges being totally bought out by Modi< !ut the Supreme (ourt as well * hope not (although *Nve heard enough. by now. about the corruptibility of S/ udges that * wouldnNt be surprised if the relevant udge is bought out and gives some ridiculous udgement he idea of ustice is simply 373L=@*S=3 in *ndia)
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Modi paid Mansi Soni :s 2.#24 in %&&2 for mobile recharge when no one else was similarly paid So4 Modi4 why did you pay Mansi Soni Rs< ,4,3 on October ?,4 ?@@, *t is clear that the issue of security for Mansi Soni raised by her father is a red herring here are S*13*5*/03 >BEF*/ *3=:=S issues involved here *t is now reported that8 ocuments accessed under the )ight to !nformation Act reveal that in <==L, when all was well between her and Sahib, the woman was invited to attend the Gu*arat government7s annual 0inter estival in (utch, even though she had no role to play in its organisation. !tem number 81 in the festival7s balance sheet lists payment of )s L,1LD made to the woman towards mobile recharge and petrol e?penses. 6he payment was made by cheue $C3=<8<& on Fctober
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A Gujarat ourism !epartment o"cial# $ho did not $ish to be identifed# said% &hough the amount she $as paid is not big# but it is clear that an e'ception $as made in her case( )he $as not involved in any project# but merely attended the inauguration(& 6he festival was inaugurated by +hief Minister 5arendra Modi. : Source ;
So. Modi. the fact that you have been in good relations with Mansi Soni for a very long time before the security (surveillance) drama. seems to now be clear here is a :=F0*73SD*> involved which made you (a) >0A Mansi Soni with public funds and (b) spend ta,payer funds to spy on her with J policemen for a month. including trapping her and sending a spy on a plane to Mumbai to watch her actions Aou are not obliged to spea! up and tell the world what is going on? 0lso. why is Mansi Soni 37 spea!ing up? *t was a simple matter for her to clarify issues Der father should stop wasting our time with fa!e stories 7nly Modi and Mansi should spea! What !ind of a government (a private +efdom?) have you been running. Modi?
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0llegations that Modi supported Mansi Soni and her brother-s =colibrium company )rima 0acie there is 'O case against Modi 0or supporting Mansi Soni’s Ecolibrium :CELuilibrium EnergyD F -ohil; company he uestion of snooping by Modi on Mansi Soni has now e,panded in the media to possible corruption in ModiNs awarding a !ey contract to MansiNs (and her brothersN) company =colibrium =nergy. 0ounded in 'o.ember ?@@ Y/ompanyNs pro+le [ 5aceboo! page [ Fin!edin page [ ElogZ 6he annual return 4led by -colibrium with the corporate aKairs ministry oKers, 4led in September <=1<, shows *+ per cent o the company is o$ned by t$o individuals# ,hintan P )oni and -arit P )oni H their father7s name is ranlal Soni. Another member of the Soni family H ranlal7s D9year9old %angalore9based daughter : Mansi )oni ; is one o the frm.s directors since its inception in /ovember 0112 .: Source ;
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Mansi Soni and her younger brother4 Harit Soni4 ran the company 0or the >rst two years . while her elder brother. 0hmedabadLbased /hintan. oined the board in %&#& == has been recently funded for _# million by *5/ and *nfuse (*nfuse /apital is a sustainable energy and cleantech earlyLstage venture capital fund) he facts to date8 :+ongress party7s; Gohil said a "compromise" was worked out later. 'e claimed that a " big project in Gandhinagar running into crores" was allotted to a company, whose "founder and promoter was the madam who was being snooped on." 'e said her two brothers are directors in the company which he identi4ed as -uilibrium -nergy +ompany. "5inety9si? per cent of the shares of the company are with her brothers," he said. 'e claimed the frm got the contract in 0131. 'e demanded the resignation of Modi on moral grounds and argued the oKence was "non9compoundable" for which no compromise is allowed between the accused and the victim under law. : Source ;
E$> is denying any culpability8 6he %E denied the charges with former party chief Nenkaiah 5aidu saying that solar energy project $as a ,entral government4 unded project and the Modi government has not made payments as alleged . "5ot a single penny worth of contract was awarded by the government of Gu*arat $to the said company&. 6he initiative is run by renewable energy department at the +entre," 5aidu said adding, "if someone has violated rules, law will take its own course". : Source ;
**M 0hmendabad and 1uarat 1overnment insist that the proect was awarded on merit8 "state government and !ndian !nstitute of Management9Ahmedabad o#cials said the frm bagged the projects &on merit& . : Source ;
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-colibrium -nergy, the energy management company Ooated by the Soni family, has said the smart4grid project implemented in the Gujarat )ecretariat $as unded by orrent Po$er# a private sector distribution company , and that the state nodal agency for the energy sector, Gujarat 5nergy !evelopment Agency 6Geda7# did not make any fnancial contribution to the project( !n response to a %usiness Standard story on the start9 up company7s 4rst big break coming from the Gu*arat government in <=1=, +hintan Soni, managing director, saidP "6o implement the pro*ect, a tri9partite MoJ $memorandum of understanding& was signed between 6orrent ower, Geda and -colibrium -nergy, where it has been clearly laid out that Geda $ill not incur any e'penses and will merely provide access to its facilities for installation of the pro*ect." Soni further clari4ed, "0e would also like to hereby reiterate that we did not receive our 4rst pro*ect from Gu*arat government." 0hen -colibrium approached 6orrent ower for funding the pro*ect, the latter agreed. According to Soni, a separate agreement was signed with 6orrent ower to detail the understanding. Soni said the company started development of the smart grid solution in <==291=, and had approached Geda for piloting of the technology. "0e got to know about the )enewable -nergy Search programme supported by Ministry of 5ew and )enewable -nergy $M5)-& and approached +!!- $+enter for !nnovation !ncubation and -ntrepreneurship& for incubation support by presenting our solution of smart grid along with our business plan in Fctober <==2." 6he screening committee at )enewable -nergy Search comprising industry, academia and representatives from M5)-, accepted the proposal for incubation support at +!!- under the )enewable -nergy Search programme. "6o help e?pedite the pro*ect, in Eanuary <=1= +!!- wrote to Geda reuesting it to give us a chance to implement the pro*ect. 6he pro*ect was carried out to pilot a useful concept H which actually resulted in savings for the Gu*arat government without any investment of resources from Geda," he added. -colibrium has since received a separate smart micro9grid pilot pro*ect from M5)-, which has been implemented at its Solar -nergy +entre in Gurgaon. : Source ;
EY )O#'TS =colibrium =nergy started in 3ovember %&&J he company is apparently *ndiaNs +rst smart grid company8 nothing much was happening in Smart 1rid Startups space. until =colibirum =nergy entered into Smart 1rid YSourceZ == sought support from 1overnment of *ndia and **M 0hmedabad for its smart grid pilot for 1uarat in 7ctober %&&H 1uarat 1overnment was persuaded by **M 0hmedabad to give this pilot proect in $anuary %&&H here was 37 =@>=3S= from 1uarat into the pilot proect 5rom preliminary research. there is 37D*31 problematic with =colibrium =nergyNs activities in 1uarat he only uestion would be whether Modi inRuenced orrent >ower in any way *Nm inclined to give Modi the bene+t of doubt in this case since the J policemen spied on Mansi Soni for one month. trapped her. and followed her on a plane to Mumbai. reporting each movement to 0mit Shah who directly reported to Modi. and provided direct feedbac! from Modi
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amounts involved are *3S*13*5*/03 =colibrium is barely established at this stage. and much of its success is attributable to private sector (voluntary) purchase of its services he case by /ongress against ModiNs corruption 6 in this case 6 is 37 established Dowever. the !ey issue 6 of ModiNs snooping on Mansi Soni. needs to be elaborated by Modi Why has ModiNs government IE$> been uic! to ump in with the =colibrium =nergy issue but reluctant to spea! re8 snooping on Mansi Soni?
'ote that Madhu ishwar belie.es that Mansi Soni is a TERROR#ST< Why is a terrorist running an energy company? "id the company plant devices in the 1uarat Secretariat? ($ust o!ing V Madhu has surely made a huge mista!e in this case) # would eKpect Mansi Soni4 her brothers and her 0ather to be REA&&Y A'-RY at :a; Mansi being snooped byModi and :b; Madhu ishwar calling Mansi a terrorist< *f they donNt display these 30B:0F behaviours. we would have reason to suspect something +shy
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ModiLMadhuri relationship allegations Modi and Madhuri 6 more details of the alleged relationship 0nd no. this is not a fatherLdaughter relationship his statement by suspended *0S oCcer >radeep Sharma is from the following source *Nm sure more will come out fairly soon his whole thing is getting uite ugly 3ote that Modi is a married man he issue of his e,traLmarital alliances should be of concern. but this is much more than that8 the case of misuse of the ta,payer machinery to spy on Madhuri Modi may have a problematic personal life. but he has no business to use 0@>0A=: 5B3"S to support his private relationships 3ote that MadhuriNs fatherNs statement needs to be ta!en with a strong pinch of salt. since Madhuri is an adult and she is not necessarily e,pected to tal! about her private aPairs with her father >6'- +'!- M!5!S6-)/S !!+!6 !ASF5 0!6' MS Hname removedHP !t was in between <==D to <== that the etitioner, in the capacity of istrict +ollector of (utch, commissioned a series of pro*ects toward the beauti4cation of %hu* city and overall development of (utch district. A site $as selected or developing a hill garden in 0118# or $hich 9MA!-:;I< =name removed=rom >angalore $as selected as the ?andscape Architect( YSaneev8 his is the giveLaway8 Eangalore based architectZ he ,hie Minister# )hri /arendra Modi# visited @utch to inaugurate the hill garden project upon its completion# and $as at this time introduced to Ms( :MA'J)!;Hname removedQ. 6hereafter, Ms. Qname removedQ communicated to the etitioner her decision to return to %angalore as well as shared her ongoing interaction with the +hief Minister. he act o the intimacy bet$een )hri Modi and Ms(=name removed= $as confrmed $hen the Petitioner $as in close pro'imity o the t$o and overheard their conversation during one o the o"cial unctions()ubseuently# Ms( =name removed=urther revealed to the Petitioner that $hen she called )hri Modi in his o"ce# he $ould reely interrupt scheduled meetings# $alking out o his o"ce on senior o"cials in order to speak to her privately( uring the second week of March <== at appro?imately LP== M, Ms. Q name removedQcalled the etitioner and conveyed that she had *ust landed in Ahmedabad city and was planning to visit %hu*. Shortly thereafter, when the etitioner attempted to telephone her, Ms. Qname removedQ/s cell phone was switched oK and remained so for the ne?t 38 hours. 6wo days later at appro?imately 11P== AM, Ms. Qname removedQ called the etitioner and conveyed that she $as at the residence o )hri Modi# and had spent the duration o the previous t$o days at his residence( )ubseuently# she met the Petitioner in >huj and
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described in detail her stay $ith )hri Modi( Ms. Qname removedQdescribed that the ne?t day being 'oli, many people visited Shri Modi for the festival and played with colour. Shri Modi attended to them brieOy and returned to his uarters. !n the meantime, Ms. Qname removedQ had developed fever and reuested a physician, but Shri Modi conveyed that calling a physician was impossible, given the peculiarity of their situation. 6he following morning she left for Nadodara in a car sent for by Shri Modi. !n 5ovember <==8, while the etitioner was posted as Municipal +ommissioner, %havnagar, Ms. Qname removedQcontacted the etitioner to inform him that Shri Modi had asked her to do a pro*ect on Alang Shipyard for which she would like to come to %havnagar. She came to %havnagar and, during that time, the etitioner observed that she was constantly in touch with Shri Modi, who was abroad and probably in South Africa. )he also conveyed to the Petitioner that )hri Modi had asked her about the Petitioner and $hether the Petitioner kne$ about her intimate relationship $ith )hri Modi( In one conversation# Ms( =name removed=sho$ed the Petitioner a te't message that the ,hie Minister had sent to her rom abroad( he Petitioner made a note o the cell phone number rom $hich it had originated( he number $as **1**0BC11( !t is submitted that the etitioner had two cell phones at the time, with 5os. 22
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77@77?3G@@ >radeep Sharma has clearly stated the phone number of Modi 8 HH&HH%4'&& * was intrigued by >radeep SharmaNs claim that he memorised this number when Mansi Soni had shown it to him Eut if you loo! at this number it is =@:=M=FA S*M>F= to memorise here is a strong li!elihood. therefore. that >radeep Sharma is telling the truth he simplicity of the phone number indicates ownership by someone well placed 6 who has managed to get access to a relatively easy number to recall he average punter canNt choose mobile numbers. and generally ends up with comple, and diCcult numbers hose who have deeper access can get the simpler numbers 6 which have status value 0lso. given the SB33=" S*F=3/= from Mansi Soni and Modi. it is clear that there is something S=:*7BSFA 5*SDA that happened between them *t was so easy to refute these claims 6 by spea!ing up in public Eut E7D have !ept uiet (0nd recall that Madhu Kishwar called Mansi a terrorist
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* have no reason to disbelieve >radeep SharmaNs claim here are /F=0: pictures that validate his claim that Mansi Soni and Modi participated in an event where he was present Madhu KishwarNs allegations against >radeep have been challenged in court and it is certain that Madhu ishwar will lose since she has 0ailed to pro.ide A'Y e.idence in support o0 her wild charges against )radeep Sharma< *n any event. why would she want to go to court? Why not provide the evidence in public? hat would eliminate the possibility of a defamation case. since spea!ing the truth about a croo! is not defamation *f >radeep is a croo!. letNs have the facts *f not. there is nothing to disbelieve him
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Eut the K=A >*=/= of evidence in this case is this mobile number *f Modi =<=: had access to this number. weNll nail the case 5urther. we would need records of phone calls made between Mansi SoniNs phone and this phone number * hope the SD0M *3TB*:A commission established by Modi will verify these phone records as the +rst step in the inuiry
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5urther con+rmation8 here [ here ] con+rmation it is radeep SharmaNs claims. but leads to many further uestions *n particular. the !ey uestions are8 (a) whether 0tit Modi owned this phone number prior to 3ovember %&&J when the particular call was alleged to have been made by >radeep SharmaX and (b) whether 0tit Modi !nows 3arendra Modi or is a relative of Modi and ever gave this S*M card to Modi for use in 3ovember %&&J Y*n this regard * had a uic! loo! at 0tit ModiNs 5E page yesterday and noticed that he had posted the picture of an event in Surat in which Modi attended Eut today that lin! seems to have gone Might have been ust the way 5E displays pro+les 3o conclusion can be drawn from this about connections with 3arendra Modi. particularly since Modi is such a common name in 1uaratZ *n particular. * would li!e Mr >radeep Sharma to present his thoughts 0nother way would be to call Mr 0tit Modi and as! Maybe someone who lives in Surat can chec! with 0tit
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"iscreet security “commission” established Modi wants us to belie.e there is a thing called C$#S(REET SE(R#TYD< Ha haQQ %hat a croo2Q he Sugnyaben Ehatt inuiry terms of reference are typical of Modi and his wor!8 a scrupulously wellLplanned attempt toS0E701= the truth it is widely !nown that both :SS and 3aQism come from the same stable he idea of systematic obfuscation of the truth must surely form part of the :SS tool!it hatNs why Modi is so good at it 1oebbels would have been proud of him 3ot only has Modi diluted the urgent pressure on him to spea! (he has !ept masterfully silent) by setting up this 50K= inuiry. he has prepared the inuiry for the answer he wants to hear (that this was a conspiracy against him 6 see item number v of the terms of reference ). and has innovatively created a new term8 discreet security 0 masterpiece of 7E5BS/0*73 his term of this sort is purportedly a combination of security (which Mansi SoniNs father 0FF=1="FA wanted for his daughter 6 but none can believe >ranlal Soni since he is a Modi bha!t) and surveillance (which Modi wanted 6 since he had doubts about Mansi Soni) Modi has 70FFA M*SBS=" the government police machine to EF003FA S>A on Mansi Soni *n doing so he breached 0FF relevant laws and deprived Mansi of her constitutionally guaranteed human rights and dignity ModiNs ta,payer sleuths followed her around everywhere. and set traps for her 3ow he wants the world to believe this was a form of security^ Da ha^^ Aou surely ta!e us all to be fools. Modi. donNt you^ he =<*F ester (o!er) comes to mind
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3ow Modi has planted the seeds of his public story8 something that his paid stooges running his sham inuiry will gladly provide him words with8 that he was doing a good thing by providing discreet security to a woman if the circumstances so warrant 0nd heNll get one more 50K= /F=03 /D* /lean chit /lean chit 3othing but a load of V *t will ta!e a really intelligent and honest man to destroy the fraud being perpetrated on the world by this M0SS*<= criminal 6 Modi "estroying his web of crime and deceit is not within the capacity of the ordinary corrupt and criminal runLofLtheLmill politicians of *ndia Eut amaQingly. even honest 0rvind Keriwal has not uttered one word regarding this recent incident. nor has he studied and provided his views on ModiNs past actions in 1uaratNs violence 0nd Swami :amdev is entirely uiet regarding this crime against an *ndia citiQen Why? So the country is left adrift Who is actually out there to replace Modi as the hero in the public mind? 3ot :ahul 1andhi and /ongress. surely 37 73= in his or her right mind will =<=: vote for /ongress So whatI who is left to vote for. in *ndia? *t is time for good people to come together to +ght the twin evils of /ongress and E$> Swarna Eharat >arty is being registered by =/*. and should be ready to ta!e on E7D /ongress and E$> soon *f *ndia ever needed a liberal party. that is 37W With corrupt fools li!e :ahul 1andhi or criminals li!e Modi at the helm. *ndia will be lost
Since the 1uarat 1overnment has entirely removed references to the Sugnyaben inuiry. and there is a ris! that they will blac! out all traces of the inuiry commission. *-ve uploaded the copy of the terms of reference on two separate servers. and also providing a $>1 below8
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4 he facts. circumstances. reasons and causes that led to the alleged securityIsurveillance. securityIsurveillance. if any. andIor steps ta!en by the government government ' Whether there was any breach of or non compliance with any laid down mandatory legal provisions andIor administrative procedures in the process 2 Whether the circumstances leading to the release of the audio tapes after a long gap of four years reveal any conspiracy What shall be the obective considerations while arrangements are made to provide discreet security to a woman if the circumstances circumstances so warrant YSourceZ Justice Sugnya Bhatt takes charge Kapil Dave | TNN
Gandhinagar: Amid speculations that she may decline to be a member of the commission,retired high court judge,Justice Sugnyaben Bhatt,took charge of the inquiry commission set up to investigate the misuse of government machinery for snooping on a oman!Sources said that the state government had allotted a bungalo i n Sector "# of Gandhinagar $near Justice Bhatts current office as chairperson of the states other backard classes commission%!She has taken charge and started ork on the issue, said an official!&he other member of the commission,'uldip (hand 'apoor,is 'apoor,is e)pected to join Justice Bhatt after a month!'apoor,*+,is a "#+ batch -AS officer ho last served as additional chief secretary $.ome% in Gujarat!.e retired in /ecember 011*!2arlier,Justice Bhatt,+0,had headed the one3member panel that had investigated the 011* Surat floods!-n her report that as submitted after almost three years,she did not pinpoint responsibility for the devastating floods on any official or politician!.er report just had recommendations on ho to avoid such floods in the future!&he state government is yet yet to accept her suggestions! 4Source Source55
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he latest discovery in the Mansi snooping scandal clearly points the +ngers at the /hief Minister 3arendra Modi. the then Minister of State (MoS) for Dome 0mit Shah . *1> 0run K Sharma and 1F Singhal as the main culprits who are responsible for the illegal snooping and phone tapping of Mansi Soni and >radeep Sharma *0S %hen the (hie0 Minister stands in the accused boK4 can a (ommission appointed by him e.er unco.er the truth >erhaps that is the very reason why Modi hurriedly appointed the /ommission under the /ommissions of *nuiry 0ct on %th 3ovember. % to put a lid on the controversy he 1overnment of 1uarat. as e,pected did not frame any terms of reference as to whether the /M 3arendra Modi. MoS 0mit Shah or the >olice oCcers were guilty of illegal and unauthoriQed phone tapping The terms o0 re0erence made were .ague and moti.ated< he /ommission was as!ed to give its report within three months 7ne month is almost over and as per reports. the /ommission comprising of Sugnyaben Ehatt and K/ Kapoor have not been given a wor!able oCce Kapoor is not even available Whereabouts of Mansi Soni is not !nown 0
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newspaper reported she has been sent abroad 0 typical Modi-s ploy to avoid truth as he did in 3anavati /ommission for the %&&% massacre Tuite apart from the political chicanery of Modi. the real uestion iswhether the -u1arat -o.ernment has the authority or power to appoint a (ommission under the (ommissions o0 #nLuiry Act to inLuire into acts or oBenses which are beyond the boundaries o0 -u1arat< *n the Mansi Soni case. she was followed and her phone and location trac!ed from Eangalore to 0hmedabad and bac! to Eangalore We produce herein below a small e,tract of the conversation between 0mit Shah and 1F Singhal to show that Mansi-s location in Eangalore was being regularly trac!ed
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1FSinghal8 Aes sir 0mit Shah8 >lease !eep a proper tab of the phone
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1FSinghal8 Aes yes sirVactually sir 1o0ir arrives at 28'& and *ndigo arrives at J8%& 0mit Shah8 She is travelling by *ndigo only
1FSinghal8 Aes. * have as!ed for (location) after one hour. so * will get it after one hour and thereafter * will let you !now 0mit Shah8 Bnderstood So that we !now the location 1FSinghal8 Aes yes
1FSinghal8 yes yes sir. sir
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o understand the legal provisions involved in this matter. we must +rst notice that even the /entral 1overnment does not have any authority to tap any phone or intercept any message unless a legal order is passed under section (2)(%) of the *ndian elegraph 0ct read with :ule '#H0 of the *ndia elegraph rules ErieRy. Section 2(%) reads as under8 L$<& Fn the occurrence of any public emergency, or in the interest of the public safety R any o#cer specially authori@ed in this behalf by the +entral Government or a State Government may, if satis4ed that it is necessary R the security of the State R direct that any message or class of messages to or from any person or class of persons, R shall be interceptedR
5urther under the :ule '#H0. no direction for interception can be issued e,cept by an order made by the Secretary to the 1overnment of *ndia in Ministry of Dome 0Pairs and by the Secretary to the State 1overnment in charge of Dome "epartment in case of a State Moreover. under :ule '#H0(#G). a :eview /ommittee has to review whether the order is made as per law or not within two months hus. as per the law. neither 1F Singhal on behalf of 0mit Shah or *1> 0K Sharma on behalf of /M could have tapped the phone or trac!ed the location of either Mansi Soni resident of Eangalore or >radeep Sharma resident of Ehavnagar without orders from Secretary 1overnment of *ndia or the Secretary of Dome. 1uarat 1overnment. respectively he above facts and law brings us to the ne,t issue nder the a0oresaid situation4 can -o.ernment o0 -u1arat inLuire into the snoopingBnder section 4 of the /ommission of *nuiry 0ct. the /entral 1overnment can appoint /ommissions to inuire into matters relatable to matters enumerated in &ist # or &ist ## or &ist ### in the Seventh Schedule to the /onstitutionX similarly. the State 1overnment can appoint /ommissions into matters relatable to matters enumerated in &ist ## or &ist ### in the Seventh Schedule to the /onstitution 0ll matters relatable to posts4 telegraphs4 telephones4 wireless etc are to be found in entry 3o 4# of the Bnion list that is &ist/#< *n simple language therefore. only the (entral -o.ernment can appoint the (ommission to inLuire into the illegal and unauthoried tapping and interception o0 phone calls and not the State -o.ernment< Why has the /entral 1overnment abdicated its own constitutional power to govern the country 6 is it wea! or is it scared? Dere we have a /hief Minister who personally contravenes the rule of law and then goes on to illegally appoint a commission to cover up his guilt^ We would li!e to remind the /entre that it has a duty cast upon it under 0rticle 422 of the /onstitution to govern the country in accordance to the provisions of the /onstitution #0 the (entre cannot go.ern the country in accordance to the pro.isions o0 the (onstitution4 it
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0n attempt to whitewash the crime #t’s a sa.e Modi panel4 says (ong EKpress 'ews Ser.ice + Ahmedabad4 %ed 'o. ?6 ?@34 :eacting to the state governmentNs decision to appoint a twoLmember commission to probe the Singhal tapes that reveal the surveillance of a young woman allegedly by former Minister of State for Dome 0mit Shah at the behest of /hief Minister 3arendra Modi. state /ongress president 0run Modhwadia alleged that it was li!e a burglar deciding who will investigate his crime De said that the appointment of the commission was nothing. but an attempt to whitewash the whole crime *n reality. it is a Modi bachao commission (save Modi commission). the /ongress leader alleged *n a statement issued here. Modhwadia said that a reliable probe was not eKpected 0rom the commission gi.en the bac2ground o0 the members o0 the panel Modhwadia said that the /ongress party wanted Modi to resign from his post *t wanted the registration of a criminal case against him for a fair probe Modhwadia said that e.en i0 the 0amily members o0 the woman did not come 0orward to register a case4 suspended #AS oIcer )radeep sharma4 who was also allegedly put under sur.eillance4 was demanding a probe by an independent agency< Yet4 the -u1arat police had not registered any complaint in this connection< K / Kapoor. the +rst member of the commission. had wor!ed as Dome Secretary under Shah As a post/retirement bene>t4 he was appointed as head o0 the State Election (ommission $ustice (:etd) Sugnaben Ehatt. the second member. Modhwadia said. had resigned when she was transferred out of 1uarat Digh /ourt #& years ago < *or the last one decade4 Modhwadia alleged4 5ustice :Retd; !hatt had been heading the -u1arat State Other !ac2ward (astes (ommission Dence. there is no hope of a fair report from this commission. he alleged De said that the Modi government had set up the commission to preLempt the registration of a case against him and a probe by a sitting udge of the Supreme /ourt
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7<,< (ommission is a ploy to shield Modi -o.t4 -ulail tells JSnoopgate’ probe panel (ommission is a ploy to shield Modi -o.t4 -ulail tells JSnoopgate’ probe panel by 0shish Khetan (!hetanOgulailcom) L on %GI&#I%&#' In a response to the commission headed by Justice )ugnyaben >hatt# Ashish @hetan lists out the reasons $hy this commission has neither the mandate nor the jurisdiction to conduct a ree
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his is in response to the notice dated 4& "ecember. % issued by the $ustice (:etd) Sugnyaben K Ehatt *nuiry /ommission * have been as!ed to +le an aCdavit pertaining to my report of ;he Stal!ers- published on 3ovember #2. % * have seen the terms of reference for the /ommission * regret to say that the (ommission lac2s the mandate to loo2 at the most signi>cant public interest concerns as disclosed by the matter published *n fact. the terms o0 re0erence clearly point towards an attempt to shield the State go.ernment and its 0unctionaries 0rom gra.e charges o0 .iolation o0 pri.acy o0 a young woman as well as o0 per.erting the 0acilities and 0orces a.ailable to the State go.ernment 0or the completely unlaw0ul purpose o0 stal2ing a woman Such behavior. which is rightly condemned by any rightLthin!ing person. cannot be condoned when carried out by high functionaries of the State administration *t cannot be the scope of any commission of inuiry to condone any action that serves to curtail the fundamental rights of any citiQen of this country he right to privacy is a fundamental right and in these days. with so much concern being e,pressed towards the rights. safety and security of women. for the /ommission to presume (as is evident from the si,th term of reference) that an adult woman can be provided soLcalled security without her consent or even !nowledge is unfortunate 5or my part. * say that * reported on the illegal stal!ing and snooping of a young. vulnerable woman by the intelligence and antiLterror wings of the 1uarat police uite evidently wor!ing at the behest of the highest functionaries of the 1uarat 1overnment
The scandal o0 what has now come to be termed JSnoopgate’ is not an ordinary act o0 illegality or misuse o0 power< #ndeed4 what is in.ol.ed here is the .iolation o0 one o0 the basic co.enants in a 0ree democracy+ that the State shall use the le.ers o0 power to protect innocent citiens and that eKtraordinary powers li2e phone tapping and police sur.eillance only in the larger public interest< 5urthermore. in the rare instances when public interest may reuire such surveillance. the same should be manifested by the written order of an authoriQed oCcial under the elegraph 0ct and other applicable laws An order4 e.en o0 an oIcer competent to authorie the same4 is o0 >Ked duration4 and eKtendable on the same rigorous conditions as an original order o0 that nature< 5rom the recordings available it does not appear that the lady concerned and. even her family. had any idea that she was under surveillance E.en i0 they had4 the operation would still be a preposterous misuse o0 power< he ;Snoopgate story- had produced compelling evidence of how an unsuspecting. innocent woman was stal!ed and snooped. her personal life was surveilled and analysed. her private telephone conversations with friends and family members and even with her husband toLbe were illegally listened to. taped and then circulated among top 1uarat state functionaries *t is this blatant infringement of civil liberties and violation of constitutional rights that led to a public outcry and public demands for an independent. fair and ePective inuiry #t is 0urther un0ortunate that the 0ather o0 the young lady was 0orced to come into the public/
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eye claiming he had as2ed 0or sur.eillance :which is an ob.ious 0alsehood as it is clear 0rom the recordings that e.en her con.ersations with her 0amily were being reported to the State -o.ernment; whereas the State go.ernment which is the wrong/ doer has not e.en denied the eKistence o0 such sur.eillance *n such circumstances. for this /ommission of inuiry to inuire into the purported conspiracy in the release of such recordings. instead of trying to aC, responsibility on the oPending oCcers and ministers. is a tragic dereliction of public duty and an eually tragic distortion of public interest 5usti>cation 0or sur.eillance has to be pro.en by the State4 the burden o0 proo0 is not on the person who Luestions such sur.eillance< his is a basic principle of our constitutional scheme Dence the purpose and intent of your commission ought to have been to address these seminal issues of public interest and restore people-s faith in the System his commission has been mandated to inuire whether the lea! of these tapes ;after a long gap of four years reveal any conspiracy- (onspiracy lies not in the publication howsoe.er delayed4 but in the orchestration o0 security 0orces maintained 0or law en0orcement out o0 public 0unds to grati0y .oyeuristic instincts o0 men in high places his /ommission has been as!ed to ascertain the obective considerations while providing ;discreet security- to a woman he defense of ;discreet security- was raised by E$> spo!espersons after the 1ulail e,pose 0 letter purportedly written by the father of the woman in uestion raising a similar plea was also circulated through E$> oCces The -u1arat -o.ernment on its part has not issued a single statement till date calling the alleged incident4 an act o0 Jdiscreet security<’ 'or has the go.ernment produced a shred o0 paper wor2 to suggest that sur.eillance was mounted to eKtend Jdiscreet security<’
#t is un0ortunate that at e.ery point in the noti>cation the issue o0 sur.eillance has been hyphenated with the term Jsecurity’< his begs the uestion whether it is the ob of a /ommission of *nuiry to pitch the issues of public concern against the motivated defense of a political party and to give both the same weightage? /an the e,planations randomly put forth by the E$> members during < debates in the defense of its prime ministerial candidate become the basis for framing the scope of the inuiry of this /ommission? Why has the commission been as!ed to inuire if there was any conspiracy behind the surfacing of the tapes? $oes it mean that in any crime that gets reported a0ter a gap o0 0ew years4 there is an automatic presumption o0 some 2ind o0 a conspiracy behind such report $oesn’t this amount to attac2ing the 0reedom o0 the press and burdening ordinary 1ournalists with moti.ated inLuiries e.ery time their stories go against those in positions o0 power 3ow. contrast this with the complete absence of any reference to the alleged role of the /hief Minister who was also holding the Dome Ministry during the relevant period in the terms of reference 3or is there a reference to inuire the role of agencies li!e State *E and 0S and the alleged violation of license conditions by private telecom companies Bnder the e,isting terms. it is the ournalists who have brought to light the
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alleged acts of illegality of an elected chief minister who are under inuiry and not the chief minister or his deputies who have. as per the recordings. misused state powers and police machinery 0n inuiry into the alleged breach of constitutional guarantees. li!e 0rticle #H and 0rticle %#. too doesn-t +nd a mention in the terms of reference *t is further pertinent to mention here that soon after this /ommission was announced 1ulailcom released another set of tapes that showed that snooping and illegal surveillance was carried out beyond the boundaries of 1uarat into other states as well (the story was published on "ecember %' and can be found on our website) he uestion is whether this /ommission has the mandate to conduct its inuiry beyond 1uarat and summon oCcials from States li!e Karnata!a with whom apparently the 1uarat Dome Ministry had communicated with regard to phone tapping of the woman in uestion As per my understanding the eKisting Terms o0 Re0erence don’t empower you to ta2e the probe beyond -u1arat< -i.en the inter/state nature o0 the alleged illegal sur.eillance4 this (ommission does not ha.e 1urisdiction to inLuire into the matter< hese are the uestions for the /ommission to ponder over *n my view it will be a travesty if this /ommission formed and run with public money defeats the public interest 0s a responsible citiQen *-m sending herewith a copy of the documentary +lm ;he Stal!ers- released by us on 3ovember #2. along with %G phone recordings submitted by 1F Singhal to /E* for your !ind perusal "eponent 0shish Khetan
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Sugnyaben Ehatt has ta!en *ndia for a ride The alleged C5usticeD Sugnyaben !hatt and (ROO Modi ha.e success0ully ta2en #ndia 0or a ride More than a month ago * as!ed8 What happened to Modi-s 50K= Sugnyaben Ehatt and K/ Kapoor *nuiry /ommission re8 his spying on Mansi Soni? ModiNs croo!edness has no limits his 50K= inuiry (which did not even attempt to as! the necessary uestions) was supposed to submit its report by % 5ebruary %&#' 3ow nearly two months later. no sign of the report 0nd the media of *ndia has been 5BFFA E7B1D hey arenNt even raising the uestion^ Dow very convenient What !ind of a ustice system *ndia has. or has been operating under Modi. is now even M7:= clear YTurns out that this inLuiry commission was CdiscreetlyD eKtended till 3 May< !ut e.en that date is o.er Z
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Modi needs to go to ail for his actions Modi4 you must get up and wal2 into 1ail< $on’t hide behind an CinLuiry commissionD ModiLgovernment appointed commissions. udges. even allegedly Supreme /ourtLappointed S* (in which HH per cent of the people are from 1uarat) have 37 /:="*E*F*A 0ll of these have been proven to be fa!e and false hese entities distort data. pay witnesses. and bribe the udges Modi always hand pic!s those who are 1B0:03==" to be favourable to him hatNs how he manages to fool those who havenNt got the time to read the actual reports * myself used to give him the bene+t of doubt till * read the fraudulent reports produced by his men *n this case the 1uarat government must +le an 5*: against Modi he evidence is clear and unambiguous *f someone had been spying on Modi. that person would have long ago been put behind bars his time. M7"* MBS E= >B E=D*3" E0:S "onNt fool the world through your fa!e inuiries 3o one believes them
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E$> imagines this is a >7F**/0F matter *t is not *t is a about the rule of law !5)4 (ongress may CstopD chasing Modi in the Mansi Soni case but citiens won’t *Nm shoc!ed at the methods E$> is using to hush up the Mansi Soni case "%E spokesperson rakash Eavadekar said after the very self9 e?planatory letter to the 5+0 by the father, +ongress should stop." : Source ;
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&ET MO$# S)EA OT< #n this case #8m sure o0 his guilt4 and he must be charged 0or his crimes< $on8t hush up this matter4 !5)< That may wor2 with (ongress< #t won8t wor2 with the ordinary citien<
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#&# /riminal investigation avenues bloc!ed @<< Snoopgate+ Hearing on plea to >le *#R against 'arendra Modi ad1ourned Source 0DM="0E0"8 he 1uarat Digh /ourt today adourned till Monday the hearing on an *0S oCcerNs plea see!ing +ling of an 5*: against E$> leader 3arendra Modi and others in connection with the alleged snooping scandal he scandal revolves around a womanLarchitect. who was allegedly subected to illegal surveillance by 1uarat >olice Dearing the plea by >radeep Sharma. a 1uarat cadre *0S oCcer. $ustice 1 : Bdhvani had earlier as!ed him to e,haust other alternative remedies for ustice before moving the Digh /ourt $ustice Bdhvani had suggested the applicant to go to a Magisterial /ourt before approaching the D/ SharmaNs advocate 0mrish >atel today told the D/ he will submit some udgements of the Supreme /ourt related to urisdictional norms on +ling 5*: 5ollowing this. the D/ +,ed March 4# for ne,t hearing Sharma had +led a petition on March %& before the D/ see!ing a direction to police to +le an 5*: against the E$>Ns >M candidate and others in connection with the scandal he senior bureaucrat had earlier approached 1andhinagar >olice with a reuest to +le a +rst information report. but his plea was turned down Sharma then sought 1uarat "1> >/ ha!ur and 1andhinagar S> Sharad SinghalNs intervention in the matter. but his ePorts did not yield any result Fast year. investigative news portals /obrapostcom and 1ulailcom claimed. on the basis of taped conversation. that then 1uarat Minister of State for Dome 0mit Shah. a close aide of Modi. had ordered the illegal surveillance of the woman at the behest of one Saheb in %&&H he #HJ'Lbatch oCcer. facing half a doQen criminal cases in the State. has claimed he was being victimised by the E$> 1overnment in 1uarat for his !nowledge of the intimacy shared by Modi with the architect 7n 3ovember %. the 1uarat 1overnment appointed a two Lmember udicial commission. headed by $ustice (retd) Sugnaben Ehatt. to probe the scandal
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#&% Why the courts should ta!e up NSnoopgateN even though the woman doesnNt want it probed %hy the courts should ta2e up 8Snoopgate8 e.en though the woman doesn8t want it probed he 1uarat Digh /ourt must not let dubious claims come in the way of illegal surveillance being investigated Saurav "atta he promiscuous use of the word “Snoopgate” has caused more harm than good 0lthough it draws reference to Watergate. the +rst political scandal involving illegal highLtech government surveillance. it confuses snooping with surveillance Snooping and surveillance are diPerent things While snooping is an act of a private individual prying on or stal!ing another. surveillance is an organised activity carried out by the government he term Snoopgate has also overLpoliticised the incident in which. ust li!e Watergate. possibilities of a proper investigation 6 let alone ustice 6 appear uite dim 7n May H. the Supreme /ourt allowed a woman and her father to withdraw their petition and !noc! on the doors of the 1uarat Digh /ourt instead *nvo!ing their right to privacy. the petitioners urged the court to restrain the central government from setting up a commission of enuiry to loo! into claims made by two news websites. /obrapost and 1ulail. that in %&&H. 0mit Shah. the 1uarat home minister at the time. on 3arendra Modi-s instructions. had used the state 0nti errorism Suad. the *ntelligence Eureau and the 0hmedabad >olice to subect this woman to detailed roundLtheLcloc! surveillance his included intercepting her telephonic communications as well as physically tailing her he woman-s father has repeatedly claimed that he had orally reuested Modi. with whom his association stretches to a couple of decades. to !eep an eye on his daughter while she was visiting her ailing mother in an 0hmedabad hospital De has also stated that his daughter was aware of the goingLons and had consented to being !ept under watch Eoth have invo!ed their right to privacy because they fear that an investigation will reveal the nature of the womanNs relationship with Modi and other intimate personal details that are best !ept out of the public eye and !nowledge *t could possibly be argued that from the accompanying maelstrom of conectures and surmises that some of these details might be potentially embarrassing to a woman. and hence. privacy isnNt a specious plea to halt the probe Dowever. an eually pressing concern is that of public interest >ublic interest is paramount because of the actors in the episode and the machinery of surveillance that was used *llegal surveillance *n %&#&. Sai!at "atta detailed how the central intelligence agencies were Routing all laws and ignoring udicial mandates while !eeping speci+c sections of the population. especially Muslims. under surveillance his was as egregious and alarming as the 3ew Aor! >olice "epartment-s covert operations of a similar nature. which was halted after a national outrage in the Bnited States *n the 1uarat case. all the intelligence agencies were put on the tas! Surveillance per se is not illegal in *ndia.
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provided mandatory provisions are followed he most important provision is Rule G7A o0 the #ndian Telegraph Rules4 7,4 which ma2es it compulsory 0or the state home secretary and the inspector general o0 police’s permission to be sought be0ore any communication is intercepted< Moreo.er4 under the #ndian Telegraph Act4 7,4 communication can be intercepted only on account o0 a public emergency or 0or public sa0ety *f either of those two preconditions is satis+ed. then the government may cite any of the following +ve reasons8 “the sovereignty and integrity of *ndia. the security of the state. friendly relations with foreign states. or public order. or for preventing incitement to the commission of an oPence” 0s per reports. none of those who were in charge at that time had any in!ling of what was going on. thereby ma!ing the entire operation illegal he 1uarat government. on its part. has tried every manoeuvre to hide this patent illegality *n 3ovember %. it set up the $ustice Sugnyaben Ehatt and K/ Kapoor /ommission of *nuiry whose terms of reference do not inspire con+dence his is mainly because it was tas!ed to challenge the authenticity of the tapes released by the two media channels and also unearth any political conspiracy behind the lea!s Moreover. this /ommission-s urisdiction was limited to only the present incident. thereby violating Section 4 the /ommissions of *nuiry 0ct which lays down that only a matter of public importance can be investigated by such a probe panel *n "ecember %. a >*F in the 1uarat Digh /ourt challenged the legality of the /ommission. but the case is still pending he /ongress government at the /entre announced in "ecember that it would also probe through a commission of inuiry of its own. but that got mired in political muc!ra!ing /ompelling public interest hough there is no speci+c legislation on privacy. a #HH Supreme /ourt udgement said it was part of a person-s fundamental right to life *n the same ruling. the court was circumspect enough to rule that such a right isn-t an unlimited one. and shall always be contingent upon public interest =arlier. in #HH'. the court had ruled that public +gures have a lesser claim to privacy than private individuals 0nd. as the "elhi Digh /ourt uneuivocally held in %&#&. even Supreme /ourt udges aren-t e,empted from mandatory disclosure if overwhelming public interest demands that personal details are put out in the public domain "oes the 1uarat case ualify to be in this league? he very circumstances prove that it does *f the 0S and intelligence agencies can be deployed to gather intelligence on a person on the whims and caprices of a chief minister. then it-s evident that civil liberties are in grave eopardy What was the compelling public interest in putting a woman under surveillance because her father as!ed the chief minister to do so. using his personal friendship with the chief minister? he petitioners- claims of privacy loo! e,tremely suspect. now that Modi has become so powerful *t doesnNt ta!e much to intimidate someone into +ling a petition his isn-t the +rst time the right to privacy has been invo!ed to conceal sordid illegalities 7ne has all the reasons to be critical of the Sugnyaben Ehatt
J policemen spied on Mansi Soni for one month. trapped her. and followed her on a plane to Mumbai. reporting each movement to 0mit Shah who directly reported to Modi. and provided direct feedbac! from Modi
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