CBI sleuths on Thursday carried out searches at the residence of former Bengaluru Police Commissioner Alok Kumar in connection with alleged phone tapping of politicians and bureaucrats during the tenure of the Congress-JD(S) government headed by H D Kumaraswamy, officials said.
The agency teams were looking for a pen drive, the alleged electronic evidence that is believed to be having details of purported phone interceptions of over 300 people as alleged by a disgruntled JD(S) MLA, the officials said.
The officials did not reveal if the teams were able to trace the pen drive during the searches. Kumar is currently Additional Director General of the State Reserve Police Force.
The CBI also questioned Kumar as it wants to know if the tapping indeed took place and on whose orders, they said.
Asked by newsmen in Bengaluru for his reaction to the searches, Kumaraswamy said he has no reason to get worried because he has no connection with the matter.
"Let them raid whoever they want to. Why are you asking me? How am I connected to it?" he said. "Everybody does it during their tenure."
To a question that the CBI may question him, the JD(S) leader said "Let them come. As per the law of the land, anyone can be questioned and investigated. Why should I panic?"