Two investigative news portals, Cobrapost.com and Gulail.com had claimed on November 15 that Modi's close aide Amit Shah had ordered illegal surveillance of a woman at the behest of one “Saheb”.
They had released the taped conversations between Shah and IPS officer G L Singhal to support their claim, but said that its authenticity could not be confirmed.
Civil society organisations and opposition Congress had raised a furore over the alleged snooping incident and demanded a CBI inquiry or investigation by a sitting apex court judge.
The Gujarat government has set up a two-member Commission comprising retired High Court Justice Sugnya Bhatt and former IAS officer K C Kapoor to investigate the entire alleged illegal surveillance of the woman. It has asked the inquiry panel to complete the probe within three months.
Congress has termed the Commission as “Save Modi Commission”.
