KCR made to read Telegraph Act during 5-hour questioning

HYDERABAD: Telangana’s erstwhile main curate and BRS president K Chandrasekar Rao, who was questioned for 5 hours connected Sunday by the SIT probing the alleged telephone tapping and amerciable surveillance case, was reportedly made to work definite provisions of Indian Telegraph Act.“KCR was asked to work the provisions of the Act aft helium claimed to beryllium ignorant astir it, and said helium had nary cognition astir telephone lines of individuals being monitored during his govt,” said a source.Sources said the ex-CM was asked if helium knew wherefore telephone lines were intercepted and what rules indispensable beryllium followed for demolition of worldly related to tapping.The SIT sleuths — led by S M Vijay Kumar, associated commissioner of constabulary (special branch) — besides asked KCR wherefore the BRS govt retained T Prabhakar Rao arsenic main of Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) adjacent aft retirement.

Prabhakar Rao was named arsenic premier accused successful the lawsuit by Hyderabad constabulary successful 2024, aft Congress assumed office.A ample posse of policemen was deployed successful and astir KCR’s Banjara Hills residence passim the day. Senior enactment members, including BRS moving president K T Rama Rao and erstwhile authorities curate Harish Rao, were contiguous wrong the location during the questioning.While KCR was initially served a announcement for questioning connected Jan 29, it was pushed to Feb 1 aft helium sought much time. However, his petition to behaviour the interrogation astatine his farmhouse successful Erravalli was turned down. The SIT arrived astatine KCR’s location astir 2.45 pm, carrying a ample measurement of worldly related to the investigation. The questioning began astir 3 pm. Later the SIT issued a connection saying it had concluded KCR’s questioning.

With BRS workers threatening to protestation against the announcement served to KCR by the SIT, information was beefed up crossed the state.