KCR questioned for over four hours in alleged phone-tapping case

BRS president and former Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao was questioned for over four hours on Sunday by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the alleged phone-tapping case. This was after he on Saturday exposed the double standards of the SIT, and established that the notice served on him was illegal and without jurisdiction

The questioning began around 3 pm in a designated room on the second floor of his Nandi Nagar residence amid tight security, and concluded after about four hours and 45 minutes. Officials were seen entering and leaving the residence amid multi-layered security arrangements in the surrounding area.

The SIT team included Madhapur DCP Reethiraj, IPS



officers Vijay Kumar and Narayan Reddy, along with Additional SPs Arvind Kumar and KS Rao. Officials recorded the entire session through audio and video, sources said. Investigators are understood to have posed questions reportedly linked to statements gathered from others examined in the case and documented the former Chief Minister’s responses.

As per procedure, Chandrashekhar Rao was allowed to have one person present during the questioning. Former MP J Santosh Kumar was reportedly permitted to accompany him, while senior advocate Ramchander Rao remained available for legal assistance. BRS working president KT Rama Rao, senior leaders T Harish Rao and RS Praveen Kumar were present at the residence during the day.