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The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged phone-tapping lawsuit has warned that enactment would beryllium taken against attempts to nexus investigating officers to “unverified, mendacious and imaginary narratives” that could interfere with the ongoing investigation.
In a property enactment issued connected Tuesday, the SIT said a announcement had been served connected the exertion of Namaste Telangana implicit a study published nether the caption alleging harassment of journalists successful the tapping case.
The SIT besides sought an unconditional retraction and clarification from the newspaper, stating that the allegations of harassment levelled against the probe squad were “unverified and false”.
Rejecting the contents of the study arsenic “false” and “malicious”, the SIT said the probe into the alleged misuse of State Intelligence Bureau (SIB) resources, amerciable telephone interception, demolition of grounds and related offences was being conducted strictly successful accordance with owed process of law.
According to the SIT, 2 journalists who were alert of definite facts and circumstances connected to the lawsuit had been examined during the people of the probe and had cooperated voluntarily without immoderate issues.
The bureau alleged that the work appeared to beryllium a deliberate effort to mislead the public, make a mendacious communicative and interfere with a delicate probe initiated connected the ground of a ailment lodged by a elder SIB officer.
The SIT further stated that publishing “one-sided, unverified and defamatory” contented without verifying facts with the investigating bureau oregon the constabulary section amounted to a usurpation of journalistic morals prescribed by the Press Council of India.
Officials besides objected to the naming of investigating officers successful the report, stating that attributing mendacious motives and allegations of high-handedness to them was an effort to demoralise officers discharging lawful duties.
