Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has stepped up the probe in the Telangana phone tapping case, which allegedly involved K. Chandrashekar Rao’s BRS party.
The Hyderabad Police on Sunday nabbed two more senior police officials in connection with the case of phone tapping and destroying certain computer systems and official data.
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It is alleged that the phones of many high-profile persons, including CM Revanth Reddy, celebrities and businessmen were taped during KCR’s tenure. There are allegations that the surveillance was also used to blackmail businessmen into contributing huge amounts to the BRS party fund.
The BRS, however, hasn’t yet responded to the allegations.
Three senior police officers were arrested and a lookout notice was issued against T Prabhakar Rao, former chief of the state intelligence bureau, news agency PTI reported.
Police claimed two senior officers admitted to illegal surveillance and destruction of evidence.
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"During the questioning, the two police officials confessed to their involvement in the reported crimes including conspiracy to monitor private persons illegally by developing their profiles, abusing their official positions; causing disappearance of evidence by destroying public property, and concealing their involvement in collusion with the already arrested D Praneeth Kumar alias Praneeth Rao, DSP (under suspension) and some other persons", the release said.