High security, drama as SIT questions KCR for nearly five hours in phone tapping case

High play played retired amid choky information arrangements astatine Nandinagar connected Sunday arsenic the Special Investigation Team (SIT) completed astir 5 hours of questioning of Bharat Rashtra Samithi main and erstwhile Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao successful transportation with the alleged telephone tapping case. The questioning concluded successful the evening aft lasting 4 hours and forty 5 minutes, constabulary officials said.

The enquiry began astir 3 p.m. erstwhile a squad of SIT officials, including elder officers, arrived astatine Mr. Chandrashekhar Rao’s residence and made arrangements for the introspection successful a designated country connected the 2nd floor. As per procedure, helium was allowed to person 1 idiosyncratic contiguous during the questioning, and erstwhile MP J. Santosh Kumar was permitted to travel him. Senior advocator Ramchander Rao remained disposable for ineligible assistance during the process.

Sources said SIT officials carried definite documents and physics devices into the residence arsenic portion of the inquiry. The SIT squad comprised six officers, and questioning was carried retired by Siddipet Commissioner S.M. Vijay Kumar, DCP Narayana Reddy, Additional DCP K.S. Rao, Jubilee Hills ACP P. Venkatagiri, Greyhounds Group Commander Ravinder Reddy and DSP Ch. Sridhar.

BRS moving president K.T. Rama Rao was contiguous astatine the location successful his capableness arsenic a household member. Senior enactment leaders, including T. Harish Rao and R.S. Praveen Kumar, on with ineligible advisers, were besides astatine the residence. After the questioning ended, Mr. Chandrashekhar Rao met his lawyers and elder enactment colleagues.

Security was importantly tightened successful and astir the residence passim the day, with aggregate layers of constabulary deployment and elder officers overseeing arrangements. Police besides conducted aerial surveillance utilizing a drone successful the vicinity. Several BRS MLAs, MLCs and leaders gathered astatine Telangana Bhavan arsenic developments unfolded.

Earlier, Mr. K.T. Rama Rao, Mr. T. Harish Rao and Mr. J. Santosh Kumar had appeared earlier the SIT connected January 23, January 20 and January 27 respectively successful transportation with the aforesaid case. The probe is continuing.

The lawsuit came to airy aft the apprehension of erstwhile SIB DSP Praneeth Rao connected March 13, 2024. He was picked up from his residence successful Rajanna Sircilla pursuing a ailment by Additional SP D. Ramesh, who alleged unlawful interception of telephone calls belonging to elder governmental leaders and officials.