Overview

• Chevella MP Konda Vishweshwar Reddy appeared before the SIT in Hyderabad on June 27 after receiving a Section 160 notice that his number featured in the SIB’s 2023 election call records.
• Media personality and Andhra Jyothi managing director Radhakrishna provided his testimony to the SIT on the same day.
• The investigation accelerated after former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao returned from the US and has since been questioned about leading a special operations team responsible for phone tapping.
• Earlier statements from TPCC President B. Mahesh Kumar Goud and several ex-officers accused of executing surveillance indicate targets included politicians, journalists and even judges.
• The SIT is now summoning more BJP figures and probing whether senior BRS officials orchestrated the alleged politically motivated monitoring.