Overview
- He appeared at the Jubilee Hills Police Station after receiving a notice from the Hyderabad police-led Special Investigation Team.
- Investigators are examining allegations that he contacted accused DSP D. Praneeth Rao and media owner N. Sravan Kumar, a claim he denies as politically motivated.
- The case names six accused: former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao, DSP D. Praneeth Rao, Additional SPs Mekala Thirupathanna and N. Bhujanga Rao, former DCP T. Radha Kishan Rao, and television channel owner N. Sravan Kumar.
- Former SIB chief Prabhakar Rao, the prime accused, was interrogated for two weeks following a Supreme Court surrender order and was released on December 26.
- Police say the operation involved unlawful surveillance of politicians, businesspeople, journalists, and judges, and earlier arrests of SIB-linked officers led to bail for those detained.