KCR, KTR Will Go To Jail In Phone Tapping Case: Congress

Congress MLA Yennam Srinivas Reddy today said that former chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, and his son and former minister K T Rama Rao, would definitely go to jail in future in connection with the phone-tapping case.

Speaking at a press conference at Gandhi Bhavan, Reddy, who represents the Mahabubnagar Assembly constituency, said that the phone-tapping took place during the tenure of the BRS government only on the direction of the then chief minister KCR, and that former IPS officer and ex-Special Intelligence Branch (SIB) chief Prabhakar Rao, who was named A1 in the case, had just implemented orders of KCR.

He alleged that the BRS government had misused the investigation agencies for wrong deeds, and made police personnel commit crime by tapping phones illegally.

"Why is KCR not talking about the phone-tapping case, and why is he silent on the matter?" the MLA asked.

He also slammed BRS working president K T Rama Rao for levelling baseless remarks against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy in the phone-tapping case, and dared KTR to undergo a lie detector test if the CM was indeed involved in the episode.

The Congress MLA said that a deep investigation was needed in the phone-tapping case, and that the State government should constitute a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to nab the real culprits.

Meanwhile, Congress leader Pidamarthi Ravi also lashed out at KTR for levelling "derogatory remarks" against Chief Minister Revanth Reddy. He condemned the remarks of KTR that Revanth Reddy was sending thousands of crores of rupees to Delhi for the Congress.

"Your sister has gone to Tihar jail. You are sure to go to the Charlapally jail. All your family members will go to jail soon," he said at a press conference held at Gandhi Bhavan.