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Munnar: Over the allegation that information was leaked to terrorist organizations from Munnar police station, the mobile phones of three cops have been confiscated by the official probing the matter.
Recently, various intelligence agencies had flagged that confidential information from a computer in Munnar police station was leaked to terrorist organizations. The probe over matter has been progressing and the new development is on the basis of that.
The probe officer DySP KR Manoj has confiscated the phones of an official in data operations wing who handles important documents, and two other cops. The phones have been handed over to cyber cell and further details will come only out once the details in the phones are thoroughly examined.
Meanwhile, the trio was under the scanner of the intelligence agencies. It was on Tuesday that district police chief R Karuppasamy ordered probe into the matter.