New Delhi, January 23
Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, has moved a fresh petition in the Supreme Court on the phone tapping issue by including four private operators apart from Reliance Infocomm as parties, while persisting with the blame against Congress President Sonia Gandhi that his phone was allegedly tapped at her instance.

The private operators, included as respondents are; Idea, Tata Indicom, Hutch, Bharti. The other respondents, besides Congress President, included the Union Government, the Delhi Government, Delhi Police Commissioner and Additional Commissioner (crime).

Amar Singh, seeking judicially inquiry into the “tapping”, stated that his and his party President Mulayam Singh Yadav’s telephones had been tapped to defame and discredit them politically. The matter has been put in the mentioning list for hearing by the apex court tomorrow, his counsel P H Parik said.