The SIT probing Hyderabad’s phone tapping racket has formally summoned Bharat Rashtra Samithi working president K.T. Rama Rao, directing him to appear for questioning on Friday. The Thursday notice specifies 11 AM before Assistant CP P. Venkateshwar, underscoring KTR’s relevance to investigative leads.
Legal consequences loom for unjustified absence. This caps a week where T. Harish Rao, another BRS veteran, endured a seven-hour session—the initial top-tier questioning in this lingering controversy.
The episode traces to BRS rule, alleging an SIB offshoot spied on adversaries across politics, commerce, journalism, and courts. March 2024 saw the FIR at Panjagutta, charging multiple offenses.
Former SIB boss T. Prabhakar Rao anchors the accused lineup with DSPr D. Praneeth Rao, ASP Tirupathanna, N. Bhujanga Rao, retired DCP Radha Kishan Rao, and TV proprietor Shravana Kumar. Harish Rao, leaving the grill, slammed it as tit-for-tat over his corruption allegations against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy’s brother-in-law S. Srijan Reddy, humorously noting his question barrage on officials.
KTR’s involvement injects fresh urgency, potentially unveiling operational depths of alleged illicit monitoring. Amid partisan barbs—BRS deems it harassment, SIT vows impartiality—the case spotlights power abuses. Friday’s rendezvous may yield breakthroughs or bolster defenses in Telangana’s charged political arena.