A key person who had provided call intercepts in the Essar phone tapping case has fled to Dubai after recording his statement before the Delhi police, DNA has learnt. Khan told the Delhi police's SIT that he got the transcripts from Mumbai police officer Vijay Salaskar, killed in the 26/11 attacks. There is no immediate clarity whether the SIT report, submitted last month, is a clean chit to Essar or allegations against it will continue to be probed. However, Uppal told SIT that Khan confided in him that Essar CEO Prashant Ruia had ordered phone tapping. THE PHONE TAPPING CASE

Source: dna May 08, 2018 00:11 UTC