BRS leader and former IPS officer R.S. Praveen Kumar speaking on the phone tapping issue in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
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HYDERABAD
Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader R.S. Praveen Kumar has demanded that the State government hand over the phone tapping case being probed by a special investigation team of the State Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) since Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy himself is facing similar allegations now.
Along with the CBI inquiry, the government must institute an inquiry with a sitting judge of the High Court in the matter as the Chief Minister appears to be get the phones of his Cabinet colleagues, Congress party leaders as also those of Opposition parties tapped with the help of private agencies instead of the State Police under Section 5 of the Telegraph Act, he said addressing a press conference here on Tuesday.
Suspecting that Mr. Revanth Reddy was getting the phones tapped with the help of Pegasus spyware, the former IPS officer alleged that the he was doing so with the help of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the Centre and felt that Union Home Minister Amit Shah could also be in the know of the tapping going on in Telangana.
Alleging that his phone was also being tapped as he received notice from the SIT in the ongoing phone tapping case on July 14, but a vernacular newspaper backing Mr. Revanth Reddy wrote about it on July 7 itself. He stated that his phone was tapped while he was in Panjagutta PS in the matter of a case. The BRS would also bring the matter of phone tapping by the Revanth Reddy government to the Governor’s notice.
Published – July 22, 2025 07:14 pm IST
