Mumbai police on Wednesday said that the phones of Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and NCP leader Eknath Khadse were tapped on the pretext of them being anti-social elements.

During the investigation, it was found, that some other names were also mentioned as anti-social elements in State Intelligence Dept (SID) letter which was sent to the Additional Chief Secretary (ACS) Home for phone tapping that's why the ACS gave the permission for the same, Mumbai police said.