Overview
- - BRS leader T. Harish Rao appeared at Jubilee Hills Police Station on January 20 and was questioned by the Special Investigation Team for roughly seven hours.
- - Investigators say they have developed evidence indicating a significant role by Harish Rao, based on statements from accused including ex‑SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao and TV owner N. Shravan Rao.
- - SIT officials are preparing notices for more than ten additional BRS leaders and may call Harish Rao again to record a detailed statement.
- - Harish Rao denied wrongdoing, called the notice a political diversion tied to his Singareni tender allegations against a relative of Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, and sought a probe by a sitting judge or the CBI.
- - The probe stems from 2024 allegations of widespread illegal surveillance under the previous BRS government, as courts earlier quashed an FIR against Harish Rao with the Supreme Court on January 5 declining to revive it while the wider investigation continues.