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Return hi-tech phone-tapping devices: MHA

Hindustan Times | By, Chandigarh
Jun 30, 2011 12:48 AM IST

Worried over the possible tapping of their cellphones, petrified opposition leaders, bureaucrats, a few ruling party MLAs and even ministers in Haryana, can heave a sigh of relief now.

Worried over the possible tapping of their cellphones, petrified opposition leaders, bureaucrats, a few ruling party MLAs and even ministers in Haryana, can heave a sigh of relief now.

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Terming "off-air" interceptions (a computer-based contraption that can intercept and record call content of a GSM network) as completely illegal, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued a directive to state governments across the country to surrender all passive off-air GSM interception devices at their disposal to prevent unauthorised phone tapping.

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Though the Haryana government has issued necessary instructions in this regard to the state CID (which has the custody of a passive off-air apparatus), neighbouring Punjab has denied having the gadget.

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    Hitender Rao is Senior Associate Editor covering the state of Haryana. A journalist with over two decades of experience, he writes on politics, economy, migration and legal affairs with a focus on investigative journalism.

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