Material objects in Note for Vote, phone tapping cases are safe: Telangana FSL

The Telangana Forensic Science Laboratory clarified that material objects linked to high-profile cases, including the Note for Vote and phone tapping cases, are safe and accounted for, even as investigations continue into a recent fire incident at the FSL premises.

Hyderabad: With questions being raised in different circles about the safety of material objects pertaining to several high profile cases including the ‘Note for Vote’ scam allegedly involving Chief Minister, A Revanth Reddy, the Telangana Forensic Science Laboratory on Sunday clarified that the material objects pertaining to the cases are safe.

Shikha Goel, Director Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) Telangana on Sunday said that in the ‘Note for Vote’ case, the FSL in the year 2015 received 16 material objects from the ACB. “All the material objects and reports were returned to the court in 2021 itself. No material was stored in the FSL,” she clarified.

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In the ‘phone tapping case’, the official said from 2024 to January 2026, a total of 136 material objects were received at the FSL. ”Except seven, the remaining material objects were submitted to the forwarding authority. The remaining seven items available in the FSL have been retrieved safely and are kept under security and proper guard,” she said.

When asked about the quantum of damage due to the fire, the Director FSL said that the process of retrieving data is under process. “We are hopeful of retrieving all the material from the computers. The FSL is capable of doing it,” she said.

The official said that the fire started at 10.08 am, and the office boy Sai noticed the fire and alerted the official concerned. The fire tenders arrived and put off the fire by 1.30 pm. “The computer lab and its related rooms, conference hall and library were damaged due to fire. The remaining facilities in the laboratory are functioning as usual,” said Shikha Goel.

A police case is registered at Nampally police station and the police will investigate it from all angles. “The police and fire department will give the exact cause of the fire after investigation,” the official added.