Ex-Ashok Gehlot OSD Lokesh Sharma turns approver in phone tapping case

Rajasthan former chief minister Ashok Gehlot’s ex-OSD Lokesh Sharma has turned approver in a phone tapping case that happened during the political crisis in the state in 2020.

In March 2021, Delhi Police registered an FIR against Sharma on charges of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and unlawfully intercepting telephonic conversations on a complaint from Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and he was questioned multiple times in connection with the case.