Pramesh S Jain
Police personnel involved in CDR verifications are in the dock after the police during the mobile phone analysis of Aishwarya Gowda,accused in cheating city based Jeweller worth several crores claiming to be the sister of former MP DK Suresh.
Assistant Commissioner of police,Byatarayanapura sub division,Bharath S Reddy,probing the cheating case filed in Chandra Layout and later filed a complaint after discovering that the accused had accessed call detail records (CDRs) of four individuals through her sources in the department mostly working in the technical cell.
The Investigating officer has issued a notice to the accused to appear in person for questioning to ascertain the source of the CDR details .
The police stated that a case was registered under Section 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy)and 409 (criminal breach of trust by a public servant) of the IPC, along with Section 72 of the IT Act and the Telecommunication Act.
After obtaining court permission,the mobile phones were sent to the West Division CEN police station for data extraction.
Upon examining the phones,investigators found the CDR details of four individuals.She also traced one victim and a complainant who had filed a case against her at the Rajajinagar police station over period of time.
The CDRs are highly confidential and can only be accessed by law enforcement or investigative agencies when required for criminal investigations after following the due procedure and required permission from the authorities concerned .
However,Aishwarya Gowda had no authorisation to obtain these records and had misused them to threaten and extort money with the help of officials who are working in the department,sources,said .
The misuse of CDR is not new,in August last year,the Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested a policeman formerly working in CID technical cell and his associate for allegedly being involved in the racket.