2 Police said gang of cops & investigators sold the data3 The gang was active for one and a half years. The directive was enforced after three Delhi Police personnel and as many private detectives were arrested for allegedly obtaining call records of several prominent people including BJP leader Arun Jaitley in 2013. The police personnel obtained CDRs of influential people in this way and handed them over to the private detectives for cash and other benefits. City police have blown the lid off a nexus involving cops and freelance investigators that sold off thousands of telephone call detail records (CDRs) in an incident that raises concerns about privacy and security. Investigators said that the private detectives were selling the CDRs and the police officers involved were being paid Rs6,000-15,000 for each record depending upon the user's profile.

Source: India Today July 10, 2016 03:00 UTC