KTR sends legal notice to media house over passport report

BRS working president KT Rama Rao issued a legal notice to Telugu vernacular newspaper “Eenadu,” objecting to a news report published on September 29, stating that a special court had ordered temporary seizure of his passport. He demanded the withdrawal of the report within 48 hours, the publication of a correction with the same prominence and tendering of an unconditional apology.

The notice also sought corrections across the newspaper’s digital platforms and archives, failing which the newspaper was warned of civil and criminal defamation proceedings and action before



approaching the Press Council of India.

In the notices served to the newspaper’s editor, publisher, printer, resident editor and reporter, Rama Rao’s counsel, N Lalitha Reddy said the report was contrary to facts and could mislead readers.

The notice said the ACB investigating officer had only filed a memo before the special court seeking appropriate orders regarding Rama Rao’s passport. It alleged that the newspaper wrongly presented the memo as a court order and stressed that the court had not issued any direction for temporary seizure of the passport.