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(((Well, it turns out that the punk-ass hacker kid we
were following earlier has surrendered, and he
wasn't 'the mastermind.' Apparently these four
hacker/PI dudes with their conspicuous ties
to the intelligence community were just in it for
a few quick bucks.)))
(((Amar Singh, the victim, isn't buying this latest story
from the Delhi cops, whom he refers to as 'Sonia
Gandhi's police.')))
http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1007510
(((My bogometer is going off here. Four private
detectives who are THEIR OWN CLIENTS? No
'mastermind'? Nobody walks into the office
with dry ice boiling around their feet and a
bagfull of cash? They just take it into their own
four little heads to go bug a politician?)))
(((You remember those Watergate guys,
back when? They were there to steal the plumbing fixtures.)))
http://dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1008148
Tapping ‘mastermind’ turns out to be just a hired hand
Brajesh Kumar
Wednesday, January 18, 2006 †00:08 IST
NEW DELHI: The surrender of the fourth accused Vijay Dhawan in the phone tapping case has embarrassed the Delhi police which till now had been referring to him as the mastermind. Dhawan, now it turns out, was only hired to get the letters authorising the telecom service provider forged, and the actual mastermind was Bhupinder, the owner of Metro detective agency earlier held by the police.
Vijay Dhawan, one of the four accused who had been absconding, surrendered before special cell officials late on Monday night. The reason behind the police's flip flop is not known, however some officers justified it saying they had only called him a tentative mastermind and not the mastermind.
"Bhupinder was the mastermind and he did it to earn some quick bucks," said Karnal Singh, Joint Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Delhi Police. Dhawan has been remanded to police custody for three days.
So now the story goes like this: (((uh-huh, tell me more))) Bhupinder, the owner of Metro Detective agency was the actual mastermind and he hired Vijay Dhawan to get the letters forged, Kuldeep to clear the forged letter at Reliance Infocomm and Anurag Singh to find a buyer for the audio CD of the conversation.
On the telephone trail
The suspects and their tapping tales
Bhupinder Singh: Owner of the Metro Detective agency in South Extension and the brain behind the tapping. It is he who hired the three other accused and coordinated the entire plan. Arrested on December 30, 2005.
Vijay Dhawan: A resident of Rohtak in Haryana, Dhawan was hired by Bhupinder to get the letters authorising the telecom company to start tapping the phone of Amar Singh. Earlier he has worked with Bhupinder at his Metro Detective agency and was hired recently said Karnal Singh, Joint Commissioner of Police, Special Cell, Delhi Police. Surrendered before Delhi police on January 16.†
Anurag Singh: Owner of V-Detect, detective agency in Connaught Place, Anurag, was hired to find buyers for the audio CD of the tapped conversation. A computer wiz kid, Anurag has been consultant to the Delhi police cyber cell and had good connections in intelligence agencies. Nabbed on January 5.
Kuldeep Singh: He was a dispatch clerk at Reliance Infocomm and helped Bhupinder in accessing the format of the letter used to authorise the service provider to tap the phone. Arrested on January 2.
