Phone-tapping probe reaches top rung as SIT summons KCR

Hyderabad: Telangana's erstwhile main curate and BRS president K Chandrasekhar Rao has been served a announcement by the SIT probing the telephone tapping lawsuit to look earlier investigators astatine 3 p.m. connected Jan 30 for questioning, reports Srinath Vudali.

Considering his age, the investigators offered KCR the enactment to either look astatine the Jubilee Hills constabulary presumption oregon take immoderate different determination wrong Hyderabad for questioning. "As you are supra the property of 65 years, and successful strict compliance with the provisions of conception 160 of CrPC, you are not required to be the constabulary presumption compulsorily," probe serviceman K Venkatagiri stated.The announcement said the probe truthful acold had recovered KCR was "acquainted with facts and circumstances applicable to the case", and his introspection was truthful "necessary and required for the intent of further investigation".The lawsuit dates backmost to March 2024, a fewer months aft Congress assumed bureau successful Telangana. Acting connected a ailment by the further SP (administration) of Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB), Hyderabad constabulary registered a transgression lawsuit alleging telephone surveillance during the erstwhile BRS govt. The ailment accused past SIB DSP D Praneeth Rao of destroying hard disks and different delicate gadgets aft BRS mislaid the Dec 2023 assembly elections.