Overview
- The government issued orders canceling his accelerated promotion and reverting him to the rank of Inspector or Circle Inspector.
- The 2007-batch officer will continue in service as an Inspector following the demotion.
- He served in the Special Intelligence Branch from 2016 to 2023 and faces accusations of intercepting calls of political leaders and officials.
- A DGP report alleges he removed 42 hard disks, erased CDR, IMEI and IPDR data, and switched off SIB CCTV cameras to facilitate destruction of records.
- He was suspended on March 2, 2024 after a case was registered at Panjagutta on a complaint by Additional SP D. Ramesh, arrested in March 2024, a preliminary charge sheet was filed, and the SIT has also questioned former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao.