Senior Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA and former Telangana minister T Harish Rao appeared before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Hyderabad Police on Tuesday in connection with the high-profile phone tapping case.
Harish Rao reached the Jubilee Hills Police Station amid tight security arrangements, with a heavy police presence deployed to maintain law and order. Notably, police personnel did not allow his lawyers to accompany him inside the station.
The SIT had issued notices to Harish Rao on Monday, directing him to appear for questioning. As he was on a district tour at the time, the notice was served at his residence in Kokapet. Sources indicate that the SIT is questioning him based on information provided by Shravan Rao and T Prabhakar Rao, who are already accused in the case. It is alleged that Harish Rao handled the telephone tapping operations on the instructions of then Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao.
The phone tapping case, under investigation for nearly two years, has seen several twists and turns. In March 2024, a case was registered at Panjagutta Police Station, alleging that during the BRS regime, phones of political leaders, businessmen, and even judges were illegally tapped, and related evidence was destroyed. While arrests were made, the investigation stalled due to Prabhakar Rao’s unavailability, regaining momentum only after his return to Hyderabad in June 2025.
Reacting to the developments, Harish Rao asserted that he was not intimidated by what he called hollow threats from the Revanth Reddy government. He alleged that the SIT notices were issued as a diversionary tactic, claiming the ruling dispensation was attempting “diversion politics” in response to his exposure of alleged corruption involving the Chief Minister and associates.
Maintaining that he had committed no wrongdoing, Harish Rao said he had nothing to fear, highlighting that the Supreme Court had dismissed a Special Leave Petition related to the phone tapping case. Despite setbacks in both the High Court and the Supreme Court, he alleged that authorities were continuing “dramas” in the name of the SIT.
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