The BRS working president said phone tapping is part of many surveillance methods adopted by the police to avert threats from terrorists and extremists.
Addressing a press conference here on Tuesday, Kishan Reddy said phone tapping was a serious issue as it involved not only politicians, bureaucrats and police officers, but also individuals.
The Punjagutta police have submitted a petition to the court, requesting custody of two Additional SP rank officers who were apprehended on Saturday in connection with the phone tapping investigation.
The officials Thirupathanna, Additional DCP, CSW, Hyderabad police who formerly worked as Additional SP, SIB and N Bhujanga Rao, Additional SP, Bhoopalapally, formerly Additional SP, Intelligence Department were arrested late on Saturday night.
Pranith Rao was arrested earlier this month following a complaint by an official of SIB that he had illegally tapped phones of several persons and on December 4, erased data from the computers systems at Special Operations Target room in SIB office.