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The Special Investigation Team probing the phone-tapping case has issued notices to BRS working president KT Rama Rao, asking him to appear for questioning. The move comes shortly after former minister T Harish Rao was questioned for several hours.
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BRS working president KT Rama Rao slammed the SIT notice issued to Harish Rao as political harassment by the Congress government. He alleged the move was a diversion after Harish Rao exposed irregularities in Singareni coal allocations and said the party will not be silenced
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The Supreme Court dismissed the Telangana government’s SLPs in the phone tapping case, upholding the High Court’s order quashing the FIR against BRS MLA T Harish Rao. The apex court ruled there was no fresh evidence to reopen the matter.
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The Telangana government has formed a Special Investigation Team under Hyderabad Police Commissioner VC Sajjanar to probe the phone-tapping case. The SIT, comprising senior police officers, has been directed to conduct a comprehensive investigation and file a charge sheet promptly
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Former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao surrendered before the Jubilee Hills Police following Supreme Court directions in the alleged phone-tapping case. The SIT has begun questioning him and is expected to submit a progress report to the apex court by December 19.
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Former Minister and MLA Vemula Prashanth Reddy has strongly condemned Union Minister Bandi Sanjay’s remarks targeting BRS working president KT Rama Rao, calling them petty and baseless. Prashanth Reddy warned Sanjay to desist from unfounded allegations, stating that Telangana’s people and party workers would respond firmly if the attacks continued.
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Lodge complaint against IDream Media YouTube channel management, its anchor Soumya Reddy and advocate Arun Kumar; accuse them of deliberately attempting to malign the image of K Chandrashekhar Rao and BRS
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BRS leaders have demanded an unconditional apology from Mahaa News management to Chandrashekhar Rao and Rama Rao.
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A group of individuals claiming to be BRS supporters staged a protest outside the Mahaa News office in Jubilee Hills, accusing the channel of false reporting in the phone tapping case.
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Stern action should be initiated against all those involved in the scandal, says Mahesh Kumar Goud
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Demands unconditional apology; warns of legal consequences if such defamatory remarks continue
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The top court directed Rao to give an undertaking that he would return to India within three days of the receipt of his passport.
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Appearing for Prabhakar Rao, senior advocate T Niranjan Reddy requested the court to grant an interim order restraining his arrest, stating that he is willing to return to India within a week if such protection is granted
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Prabhakar Rao, who is currently in the US undergoing medical treatment, filed the plea stating he had no role in the case
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Case stemmed from accusations that Harish Rao and Radha Kishan Rao conspired to harm social activist Chakradhar Goud by threatening and implicating him in false cases
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Counsel highlighted that the State and the complainant are working hand in glove, while the police are filing multiple FIRs to keep as reserve FIRs to arrest the petitioner in one or the other case
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The case stems from a second FIR filed by Punjagutta police based on a complaint from real estate businessman and Congress leader Chakradhar Goud, alleging illegal phone tapping
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T Vamsi Krishna moves Nampally court; accuses ACP S Mohan Kumar and DCP SM Vijay Kumar of torturing him during his arrest
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Directs Punjagutta police to halt any further investigation into the matter; next hearing scheduled for March 3
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Local court also directed Praneeth to appear before the SHO of Panjagutta police station on every Monday for a period of eight weeks