BRS Legislature Party deputy leader T Harish Rao strongly objected to Hyderabad police commission and SIT chief VC Sajjanar’s remarks describing the alleged phone-tapping case as “illegal.” He argued that such a characterisation is legally unsustainable before judicial determination.
“Investigating agencies function independently, professionally, and strictly within the bounds of law,” he demanded, in response to Sajjanar’s post on X stating that the SIT had concluded questioning of “Gajwel MLA and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar
Rao in the illegal phone-tapping case”.
In a strongly worded statement, Harish Rao said it was deeply disturbing that the head of an investigating agency would publicly use language that presumes the outcome of an ongoing probe.
He stressed that in a constitutional democracy, until a competent court records a finding, no allegation can be treated as an offence.
“Any deviation or violation can be determined only through judicial scrutiny, not through official police communications.