Essar Group tapped phones of Suresh Prabhu, Ambani brothers

TIL Desk/Business/New Delhi- Essar Group, the Indian multinational conglomerate holding company with investments in the sectors of steel, energy, infrastructure and services, tapped telephone conversations of VVIPs, including Cabinet ministers and corporate honchos.

Revealing the widespread collusion and corruption nexus between corporates and the corridor of powers, tapping is purported to have spanned over five years, between 2001 and 2006.

A Delhi-based Supreme Court lawyer Sunil Uppal has revealed the matter in a complaint to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and claims to represent the Essar employee who allegedly tapped the phone conversations.