The allegations of telephone tapping throughout the earlier BRS authorities in Telangana on Tuesday ignited a fierce debate, prompting requires a radical investigation by the Congress authorities and assertions from the BJP concerning telephone tapping throughout the 2019 LS elections. Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) chief and former minister E. Dayakar Rao on Tuesday denied allegations that he together with a police official concerned within the case illegally detained a businessman and extorted Rs 50 lakh. He additionally denied any involvement within the telephone tapping case, during which three police officers have been arrested.
What Is Phone Tapping Case?
The controversy facilities round accusations of widespread telephone tapping of political leaders, notably Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy, throughout the tenure of the earlier Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) administration beneath Okay Chandrashekar Rao. The scandal surfaced following the arrest of the suspended DSP of Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) Praneeth Rao on March 13, allegedly for his involvement in unauthorized profiling of people, unlawful telephone tapping, and destruction of pc methods and official information. Subsequently, the Telangana authorities suspended him from responsibility.
Accusations Unveiled
Praneeth Rao’s arrest ensued after a grievance filed by a further superintendent of police of the SIB, leading to a case registered towards Rao and accomplices at Panjagutta police station. The expenses embody prison breach of belief, destruction of proof, and prison conspiracy. Additionally, it’s alleged that the intelligence crew extorted cash from businessmen and eradicated all traces of their illicit actions, together with digital and bodily proof.
Targets of Surveillance
Reports point out that over 1,00,000 telephone calls have been unlawfully intercepted. Beyond Chief Minister Reddy, investigators suspect that members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, and even BRS management could have been beneath surveillance. The accused allegedly collected intelligence on political fundraising actions. Furthermore, people implicated within the scandal reportedly monitored varied Telugu actors and businessmen, using obtained data for functions of blackmail.
Who Is Saran Chowdary?
Saran Chowdary is BJP State Executive Member who filed a grievance towards Ex DCP Radhakrishna and TS Umamaheswara Rao. BRS chief Dayakar Rao additionally claimed that he doesn’t know who Saran Chowdary is. He claimed that Saran Chowdary was suspended from BJP following allegations of land grabbing towards him and allegedly cheated NRIs. The former BRS minister stated Saran Chowdary has a number of instances towards him as he was allegedly concerned in encroachments by creating pretend paperwork.
Dayakar Rao stated that he was into politics for 40 years however by no means confronted any allegation. He additionally denied any hyperlinks with Praneeth Rao, the suspended DSP of Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) arrested in a telephone tapping case.
Political Slugfest
Reacting to the row, Union Minister and BJP Telangana President G Kishan Reddy demanded a judicial inquiry into the allegations of telephone tapping. Alleging that telephones of not solely politicians but additionally officers and businessmen have been tapped by some cops who acted “like a mafia”, he urged police officers to behave comprehensively within the matter. KT Rama Rao, working president of the BRS occasion, accused Chief Minister Revanth Reddy of distracting the general public from points by selectively leaking data that telephone tapping was completed throughout the earlier BRS authorities to sure media channels. The Telangana Congress cited some information experiences requested them to see that all the administration is “clear and a strict warning be given to officers of all of the departments to restrain themselves from malpractices and corruption.
