<p>The Delhi Police Crime Branch has summoned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's Officer On Special Duty (OSD) Lokesh Sharma for interrogation in a phone tapping case on October 10, official sources said here.</p>.<p>The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on October 11 the crime branch's application seeking vacating of an interim order staying coercive action against Sharma.</p>.<p>Sharma received a notice from the crime branch on Monday, shortly after the election code of conduct came into force, the sources said.</p>.<p>He was recently made the co-chairman of the Congress Central War Room for the Rajasthan assembly election. Sharma is also seeking a Congress ticket from the Bikaner West seat.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police registered an FIR on March 25, 2021, against Sharma on charges of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and unlawfully intercepting telegraphic signals (telephonic conversation) based on a complaint by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the BJP MP from Jodhpur.</p>.<p>Sharma moved the Delhi High Court, seeking the quashing of the FIR. The court on June 3, 2021, gave the interim stay on coercive action against Sharma which is continuing.</p>.<p>Sharma has appeared before the crime branch four times so far. He was quizzed by the crime branch for about nine hours in March this year.</p>
<p>The Delhi Police Crime Branch has summoned Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's Officer On Special Duty (OSD) Lokesh Sharma for interrogation in a phone tapping case on October 10, official sources said here.</p>.<p>The Delhi High Court is scheduled to hear on October 11 the crime branch's application seeking vacating of an interim order staying coercive action against Sharma.</p>.<p>Sharma received a notice from the crime branch on Monday, shortly after the election code of conduct came into force, the sources said.</p>.<p>He was recently made the co-chairman of the Congress Central War Room for the Rajasthan assembly election. Sharma is also seeking a Congress ticket from the Bikaner West seat.</p>.<p>The Delhi Police registered an FIR on March 25, 2021, against Sharma on charges of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and unlawfully intercepting telegraphic signals (telephonic conversation) based on a complaint by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, the BJP MP from Jodhpur.</p>.<p>Sharma moved the Delhi High Court, seeking the quashing of the FIR. The court on June 3, 2021, gave the interim stay on coercive action against Sharma which is continuing.</p>.<p>Sharma has appeared before the crime branch four times so far. He was quizzed by the crime branch for about nine hours in March this year.</p>