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Former Minister and Siddipet MLA, T. Harish Rao, appeared earlier the Special Investigation Team connected Tuesday (January 20, 2026) for questioning successful transportation with the telephone tapping case. Heavy constabulary deployment was successful spot successful and astir the bureau successful Hyderabad arsenic helium arrived for the enquiry.
Mr. Rao arrived astatine the Jubilee Hills Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) bureau astir 11 a.m. Sources said advocates accompanying Mr. Rao were not allowed wrong the ACP’s office. The questioning follows summons issued by the Special Investigation Team (SIT), which stated that its probe had indicated the MLA was alert of definite facts and circumstances linked to the lawsuit and required his examination.
The Telangana Government precocious constituted a 10-member Special Investigation Team, headed by Hyderabad Police Commissioner V.C. Sajjanar, to expedite the investigation, astir 21 months aft the lawsuit was registered. The lawsuit pertains to allegations that phones were illegally intercepted done the Special Intelligence Branch to payment the Bharat Rashtra Samithi.
The lawsuit came to airy aft the apprehension of erstwhile SIB Deputy Superintendent of Police, Praneeth Rao, connected March 13, 2024. He was taken into custody from his residence successful Rajanna Sircilla territory pursuing a ailment by his superior, Additional Superintendent of Police D. Ramesh, who accused him of unauthorised interception of the calls of respective elder governmental leaders and authorities officials.
