Kerala government on Monday informed the Assembly that the Crime Branch would probe the complaints of alleged phone tapping and hacking of emails of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) chief DGP Jacob Thomas.
CM Pinarayi Vijayan said tapping of phone calls of politicians and officials was not the CPI(M)-led LDF government’s policy and any kind of illegal hacking was an offence. He was replying to a notice for an adjournment motion by Congress-led UDF opposition over the reported complaint of Thomas to state police chief Loknath Behera that his phone calls were being tapped and emails hacked.