An Anti-Corruption Bureau court has summoned former Telangana minister K. T. Rama Rao in the Formula E-car race case. Alongside him, Indian Administrative Service officer Arvind Kumar, former Chief Engineer B. L. N. Reddy, and sports consultant Kiran Malleswara Rao have also been summoned. The accused are directed to appear for a hearing on July 31.
The chargesheet filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau in March 2026 alleges that approximately ₹55 crore was transferred to a foreign firm in violation of norms during the 2023 Formula E car race in Hyderabad. K. T. Rama Rao is listed as accused number one in the case involving the alleged misappropriation of public funds for the race during the Bharat Rashtra Samithi rule. The Anti-Corruption Bureau has questioned K. T. Rama Rao, Arvind Kumar, and B. L. N. Reddy multiple times in connection with the case.
Former minister K. T. Rama Rao, who was questioned four times by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, has dismissed the Formula E case as a “bogus case.” In November last year, the then Telangana Governor Jishnu Dev Varma approved the prosecution of K. T. Rama Rao in the Formula E race case. The Anti-Corruption Bureau, after a nine-month investigation into alleged irregularities in hosting the Formula E race in Hyderabad, submitted its report to the government.
