Overview

• Prabhakar Rao returned to Hyderabad on June 8 under the Supreme Court’s interim protection, restoring his passport and shielding him from coercive measures.
• The Special Investigation Team questioned him for nearly eight hours on June 9 at Jubilee Hills police station, relying on testimonies from four previously arrested SIB officers.
• He faces a fresh SIT summons on June 11 as investigators probe his alleged role in ordering destruction of hard disks and misuse of SIB teams.
• With Rao’s appearance, all six accused in the case have now been questioned or detained, marking progress in mapping the clandestine surveillance network.
• The probe centers on claims that the SIB under Rao tapped phones of politicians, journalists, judges, and civil society figures to serve political objectives.