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Demanding CBI probe into the snooping scandal, suspended Gujarat IAS officer Pradeep Sharma on Saturday filed an application in Supreme Court alleging that he was falsely implicated in the case and the surveillance was carried out at the behest of Narendra Modi. Earlier, a taped conversation was revealed showing Gujarat government using state police to conduct surveillance on a woman.

In his petition to the SC, Suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma on Saturday alleged that he was victimised because Narendra Modi thought he had a VCD on a woman, showing her in compromising positions. Bringing Modi into the Gujarat illegal surveillance controversy, he added that the woman was subjected to hostile and intense scrutiny because Modi was enamoured by her.

Alleging "blatant violation of Constitutional oath and negation of Right to Privacy," representatives from four political parties, including Congress, on Monday submitted a petition to President Pranab Mukherjee seeking a judicial inquiry into the snooping scandal allegedly involving Narendra Modi. Meanwhile, the Gujarat government announced a two-member commission of inquiry to probe the matter.

Investigative website, Gulail, which charged Narendra Modi and Amit Shah with government-sponsored snooping of a woman, has now published picture of the Gujarat CM with the woman to prove that the woman had known Modi at least since 2005. The website said, "These pictures raise a serious question mark about the credibility of the explanation put forth by the BJP."

As a fallout of the Rs 5,600 crore payout scam at the National Spot Exchange Ltd, police on Tuesday attached properties of its Director Jignesh Shah and three other accused. Investigators have found Rs 170.97 crore in 322 bank accounts that were frozen during the probe. So far, properties worth Rs 2985.90 crore have been attached.

Revealing about the '2000 match-fixing scandal' that engulfed Indian cricketers like Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja, former Delhi police commissioner Neeraj Kumar said that the then BJP-led NDA government stopped CBI from doing any further investigations in the case. Possibilities of more dirt coming to surface prompted government to this decision, as cricket is a religion in India, Kumar added.

Admitting to have procured no substantial evidence against the accused in the Barak scandal case, CBI has closed the case. Seven years back, CBI had claimed a grand conspiracy including staggering amounts of bribe in Indian Navy's purchase of Barak missile systems from Israel. The list of accused included some prominent names including former defence minister George Fernandes.

The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved a commission of enquiry to probe the alleged snooping of a woman by Gujarat police under directions from then state home minister and Narendra Modi close aide Amit Shah. The probe comes after several women's organisations approached President Pranab Mukherjee. On November 15, media portals Cobrapost and Gulail.com had exposed the alleged illegal surveillance.