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Supreme Court Orders Ex-Telangana Intelligence Chief to Surrender by 11 AM Friday

The order follows prosecutors’ claim that he withheld court-ordered iCloud access.

Overview

  • Justices B V Nagarathna and R Mahadevan directed T Prabhakar Rao to present himself at Hyderabad’s Jubilee Hills police station for custodial interrogation in accordance with law.
  • Rao is permitted home-cooked food and regular medication during custody, and the matter is listed for further hearing on Friday.
  • The State told the court that devices were wiped or inaccessible and that only two of five iCloud accounts were reset, with no data available.
  • The Supreme Court had on October 13 ordered Rao to reset and share iCloud passwords in the presence of state forensic experts.
  • Rao has challenged the Telangana High Court’s denial of anticipatory bail as he faces allegations of illegal phone tapping and partisan profiling during the previous BRS administration.