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3mo ago

SIT Prepares to Seek Custody of Ex-SIB Chief as Bandi Sanjay Deposes in BRS-Era Tapping Probe

Testimony by Union Minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar highlights escalating scrutiny over alleged political surveillance by the previous BRS administration.

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The statement said the SIT, which began its investigation into phone tapping after the Congress came to power, had already confirmed that Bandi Sanjay’s phone had been tapped (HT Archive)
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Overview

  • Former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao appeared for a fifth round of questioning and refused to provide details, prompting investigators to draft a court report seeking custodial interrogation
  • Union Minister of State Bandi Sanjay Kumar has been summoned as a witness after the SIT confirmed that his phone and those of close aides were tapped during the BRS government
  • Investigators allege that Rao formed a Special Operations Team within the SIB to carry out unauthorized surveillance on opposition politicians, journalists, businesspersons, and judges
  • Bandi Sanjay Kumar has demanded that former Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao and his son K. T. Rama Rao be summoned in connection with the case and has called for a CBI probe
  • Four police officers previously arrested in the phone-tapping case were granted bail and the SIT continues to probe possible directives from senior BRS officials