Phones of my family, supporters being tapped: HDK

Bengaluru, NT Bureau: Former Karnataka Chief Minister and JD(S) second-incommand H D Kumaraswamy on Monday alleged that 40 phones including his own and those of his family members and supporters are being tapped.

Even as he made an appeal to his nephew and Hassan JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna to come back to the country, Kumaraswamy accused the government of spying on himself and his family.

Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and Home Minister Dr G Parameshwara dismissed the allegation as baseless and a means to gain publicity.

“Our phones are being tapped. I know it. Forty phones of people around me are being tapped. Whatever discussions are happening are monitored. H D Revanna's phone is also being tapped,” Kumaraswamy alleged.