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Telangana SIT Begins Recording Victims’ Statements in Phone-Tapping Probe

Investigators are pressing key figures for testimonies to reconstruct erased surveillance data

Overview

  • The SIT has summoned alleged victims, including political leaders and businessmen, to detail instances of illegal phone tapping under the previous BRS government.
  • Former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao has appeared before investigators three times and is scheduled to return on June 17 following his Supreme Court–mandated travel from the United States.
  • Rao has largely refused to answer key questions and has denied issuing orders to destroy evidence despite subordinate officers’ allegations.
  • Former deputy SP D. Praneeth Rao told the SIT he disposed of hard disks containing surveillance records in the Musi River on Rao’s instructions, and officials have recovered partial data.
  • Investigators have also requested the submission of mobile phones used during the 2023 Telangana Assembly elections to secure primary evidence for the ongoing probe.