Bengaluru, June 18 -- The long-running legal battle between IPS officer D Roopa Moudgil and IAS officer Rohini Sindhuri in Karnataka seems to have taken a dramatic turn last month, with Moudgil telling the Supreme Court that Sinduri had a relationship with her (the former's) husband, a senior IAS officer, and that this affair formed the factual basis of the social media posts that led to criminal defamation proceedings against her, which are currently ongoing in a Karnataka court.

Moudgil made the allegation before the Supreme Court last month while seeking an order to access Call Detail Records (CDRs) relating to two mobile phone numbers that she said would support her defence in the criminal defamation case filed against her by IAS off...