On April 29, the police again issued summons to Shukla, asking her to record her statement in Mumbai on May 3.
An FIR was registered under the Official Secrets Act at the BKC cyber police station against unidentified persons, for allegedly tapping phones illegally and leaking certain confidential documents, on a complaint filed by the State Intelligence Department.
The FIR also invoked section 30 of the Indian Telegraph Act and section 43(B) of the Information Technology Act.
The alleged tapping of phones had taken place when Shukla headed the Maharashtra intelligence department.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis had cited a letter purportedly written by Shukla to the then Director General of Police about alleged corruption in police transfers. Her letter also had details of intercepted calls, leading to an uproar in the Shiv Sena-led ruling coalition, which alleged that Shukla had tapped phones without permission.
Before registration of the FIR, Maharashtra Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte had alleged in a report submitted to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray that it appeared that Shukla herself had leaked the confidential report (to Fadnavis).
In another development, Mumbai Police have completed the paperwork to dismiss Assistant Police Inspectors Sachin Vaze and Riyazuddin Kazi, who were arrested by the NIA in connection with the Antilia bomb scare and businessman Mansukh Hiran murder cases.
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