Cops refuse to file Modi FIR in Snoopgate

The Gujarat police on Monday refused to register an FIR against chief minister Narendra Modi, his aide Amit Shah and others in the snooping scandal on a complaint by suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, who threatened to move the court.
Mr Sharma, whose name has figured in the raging row, approached Gandhi-nagar police with his complaint and sought an FIR to be registered but the police merely accepted his application.
“Police inspector (in-charge) of Sector-7 police station accepted the application but refused to file an FIR. So, I am now going to SP office to register my complaint,” Mr Sharma told reporters and said he would move the court if his endeavour to get an FIR registered failed.
The suspended IAS officer said he was the aggrieved party and therefore, he had the locus standi to file the FIR. “Sector-7 police station officials refused to take any action initially. They asked me to go to commission or the court,” he said.
“This is a cognisable offence and the Supreme Court has said that an FIR should be lodged in a cognisable offence. I have submitted evidence of audio clippings of the two websites (Gulail and Cobra Post),” he said.