High Court Issues Contempt Notice To CS Somesh Kumar

The Telangana High Court today issued notices to the Chief Secretary of the state Somesh Kumar in a contempt of court case filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the drug cases related to Tollywood.

The HC has also issued the notices to the Commissioner of the Excise Department Sarfaraz Ahmed.

It asked the two officials to submit their report within the next 10 days.

It later adjourned the hearing of the case to April 25.

In its petition, the ED told the HC that the state government had violated the orders issued by the court in the drugs case.

The ED alleged that the state government was not handing over the data of the call records of the accused in the case and their digital records.

It said that there was no response from the state government on the issue even after the orders of the HC.

The ED urged the HC to take action against the CS and the Excise Department Commissioner under the Contempt of Court Act.