May 28th 2024.
In Hyderabad, there was a recent development regarding the former Chief Minister of Telangana, K Chandrasekhar Rao. It was reported that there was a confession statement made by a former police official who was arrested in connection with a phone-tapping case. According to the statement, it was alleged that KCR had plans to use the "BRS MLAs" poaching case as a means to pressure the BJP into compromising on the ED case against his daughter and MLC K Kavitha.
The former Deputy Commissioner of Police, P Radha Kishan Rao, revealed that one of the accused in the phone-tapping case, known as 'Peddayana', who was believed to be referring to KCR himself, wanted the arrest of BJP National General Secretary, Organisation, B L Santhosh. This was in connection with an alleged attempt to poach BRS's MLAs.
It was mentioned in the confession statement that KCR had formed a Special Investigation Team (SIT) and had wanted Santhosh to be arrested in order to build a strong case against the BJP. This was seen as a way to pressure the BJP into compromising and ultimately getting rid of the ED case against his daughter. However, due to the inefficiency of some police officials, one important person managed to escape and the case was taken to the High Court. This resulted in orders not to arrest anyone and eventually, the case was transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The confession statement also stated that 'Peddayana' was very angry when he found out that the work was not completed as per his expectations. The former police official, Radha Kishan Rao, was arrested by the Hyderabad Police in March this year for his involvement in the phone-tapping case. It was alleged that he was part of a conspiracy with other individuals, including suspended DSP D Praneeth Kumar, to illegally obtain and use private persons' profiles for political gain.
Rao further confessed that he used to attend to all the important confidential work of KCR and his family members. This included settling civil disputes, 'arm-twisting' certain persons who were causing trouble for BRS and KCR, and suppressing any form of dissent or protest against the ruling party and its government. It was revealed that 'Peddayana' would get irritated even with minor dissent or criticism.
The former SIB chief, Prabhakar Rao, had formed a special team under Praneeth Kumar to monitor individuals from opposition parties who were causing trouble for BRS and KCR. Rao was asked to coordinate with Praneeth Kumar for any confidential information related to political work. This included seizing money from opposing parties, helping with the transportation of BRS's funds, and other tasks to favor BRS and KCR.
This organized work began in 2018 and continued until the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and various bye-elections in the state. According to the confession statement, Praneeth Kumar would build profiles of political opponents, their supporters, and even members within BRS who were seen as suspicious or critical of KCR. This was done by monitoring their phones and collecting information using tools from the SIB. This information would then be conveyed to Bhujanga Rao, another police official who was arrested in the phone-tapping case, and then to KCR.
The former DCP stated that KCR would make decisions based on the information provided and take any further action. One of the major tasks they were involved in was related to the Moinabad farm house MLAs poaching case in October 2022. This was during the Munugode assembly bye-election, where a Congress MLA had resigned and joined BJP. KCR had made it a 'prestige' issue to defeat the BJP in this by-election.
In October 2022, Prabhakar Rao informed Radha Kishan Rao that KCR had received information from BRS MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy that some influential individuals from BJP were trying to convince him and other MLAs to join the saffron party. KCR wanted to use this as a means to corner the BJP and ordered the SIB to monitor the situation. The SIB intercepted a phone call and provided an audio clip to KCR. He then instructed them to plan a trap by getting Rohith Reddy to cooperate with them.
Bhujanga Rao, in his confession statement, revealed that surveillance was put on the family members of the TPCC president and current CM A Revanth Reddy, as well as some BJP leaders and BRS leaders. This led to fear among many political leaders, judiciary members, and bureaucrats, who then avoided direct phone calls and resorted to encrypted communication on social media platforms. To track this communication, Prabhakar Rao and Praneeth Kumar obtained Internet Protocol Data Records.
When contacted, a senior BRS leader and former MP denied all the allegations made in the confession statement. They stated that it was false and baseless.
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