The Special Investigation Team (SIT) investigating the phone tapping case has called Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president K. T. Rama Rao for questioning on Friday. KTR has been directed to appear before Assistant Commissioner of Police P. Venkatagiri at 11 a.m. as per the notice issued under section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The SIT emphasized that KTR’s personal examination is crucial for the investigation as he is familiar with the case’s details.
The SIT warned that failure to comply with the notice could lead to legal action. This summons to KTR follows the recent questioning of BRS leader and former minister T. Harish Rao by the SIT. Harish Rao was interrogated for seven hours, marking the first instance of a senior BRS leader facing questioning in the phone tapping scandal involving political opponents, businessmen, journalists, and judges during the previous BRS government’s tenure.
The phone tapping case came to light in March 2024, leading to the registration of an FIR under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, and Information Technology Act at Panjagutta Police Station in Hyderabad. Allegedly, a special team within the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) was formed during the BRS regime to intercept communications of multiple individuals. The main accused in the case is former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao, along with other implicated individuals like Deputy Superintendent of Police D. Praneeth Rao, Additional SPs Thirupathanna and N. Bhujanga Rao, former DCP Radha Kishan Rao, and television channel owner Sravan Kumar.
