Overview
- K. T. Rama Rao appeared at the Jubilee Hills ACP office after a Section 160 CrPC notice and was questioned for roughly seven to eight hours on January 23.
- SIT chief V. C. Sajjanar said investigators obtained case-relevant information, instructed him not to contact or influence witnesses, and indicated he could be summoned again.
- The inquiry concerns alleged unlawful interception by the Special Intelligence Branch during the previous BRS government, with former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao as the main accused and some officers arrested since 2024, including after alleged data erasure.
- Police deployed heavy security as BRS workers protested near the station, while Rama Rao denied wrongdoing, pledged cooperation, and labeled the case a politically motivated diversion.
- The state formed a 10-member SIT nearly 21 months after the FIR, and senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao was questioned earlier this week for several hours in the same case.