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Telangana Phone Tapping Case: IPS officer T Prabhakar Rao was the bureau chief of Telangana Intelligence. He was in charge of the entire intelligence of the state but he allegedly took advantage of it and secretly got the phones of many leaders of the state tapped. Now this former officer has been made accused number 1 in the phone tapping case. This issue has gained momentum in the politics of the state. It is being said that during the previous government led by Chandrashekhar Rao, Prabhakar Rao collected a large amount of electronic data by illegally tapping the phone of the opposition leader. It is being said about Prabhakar Rao that he is in America. A lookout notice has been issued in his name.
Owner of a TV channel also accused
Search has been conducted at Prabhakar Rao’s house in Hyderabad. Apart from this, search operations have also been conducted at dozens of other places. Shravan Rao’s house is also included in these. Shravan Rao runs a Telugu TV channel. It is also being said about Shravan Rao that he is also absconding from the country. It is being said that Shravan Rao himself provided the equipment imported from Israel for phone tapping, which was being operated from the local school.
Many police officers under radar
Apart from these people, another police officer Radha Krishna Rao is also an accused. He has worked in the City Task Force. Look out notice has been issued against him. Many other police officers of Telangana are also being investigated in the phone tapping scandal. Now Additional SPs Bhujang Rao and Thirupathanna and Deputy SP Praneeth Rao have already been arrested in this case. Thirupathanna has confessed that the help of non-government people was taken illegally in this case and the evidence was destroyed.
Phones of these veterans were tapped
Chief Minister Revanth Reddy and several members of BJP and Congress are also among those whose devices were being monitored. Apart from this, phones of some members of BRS have also been tapped. Along with this, it is also being said that the phones of some Telugu actors and businessmen were also tapped and some of these people were also blackmailed. According to sources, more than one lakh phone calls were tapped.
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Tags: Hyderabad, Telangana, Telangana News
FIRST PUBLISHED: March 26, 2024, 06:48 IST