Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K.T. Rama Rao attended the Special Investigation Team (SIT) inquiry on Friday regarding the phone tapping issue. He arrived at the Jubilee Hills Police Station under tight security at 11 a.m. The Assistant Commissioner of Police, P. Venkatagiri, had summoned KTR to appear before him following a notice issued on Thursday.
The notice, issued under section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code, mentioned that KTR’s personal examination was necessary as he is familiar with the case’s facts and circumstances. Earlier, KTR visited the party headquarters, Telangana Bhavan, where a group of party supporters had gathered to express solidarity. Some tension arose outside Telangana Bhavan due to disagreements between BRS cadres and the police.
Accompanied by senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao and other party members, KTR proceeded to the Jubilee Hills Police Station. Stringent security measures were in place around the station with barricades set up to prevent BRS supporters from approaching. The notice to KTR came after Harish Rao was interrogated by the SIT, as part of the investigation into alleged phone tapping activities during the previous BRS government’s tenure.
The case involves the alleged phone tapping of political opponents, businessmen, journalists, and judges. The SIT has also questioned other individuals, including Union Minister of State for Home Bandi Sanjay, BJP MPs Eatala Rajender and M. Raghunandan Rao, and others as witnesses or victims. The incident dates back to March 2024, with an FIR registered at Panjagutta Police Station in Hyderabad under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, and Information Technology Act.
Former Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T. Prabhakar Rao is the primary accused, with several others, including police officials and a television channel owner, also implicated in the case.
