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Time of India
4 days ago
- Politics
- Time of India
Maoist leader remanded in 14-day custody
Hyderabad: A day after arresting Sri Vidya, a state committee member of the Dandakaranya Zone, Miyapur police produced her in a local court on Friday. The court then remanded her in custody for 14 days and sent her to Sangareddy prison. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now During the investigation, the police came to know that Sri Vidya had left the Chhattisgarh forests in May and travelled to Mansoorabad. After staying secretly for a few days, she moved to Hyderabad in June, taking a house to rent in a multi-storey apartment block in the Youth Colony in Miyapur. The Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) of the Telangana police received a tip-off that the senior Maoist leader Sri Vidya was taking shelter in Hyderabad. Through their sources, the police discovered that she was staying in Miyapur. The police are expected to submit a petition to the local court seeking permission for her custodial interrogation.
Hindustan Times
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Phone-tapping case: Ex-SIB chief appears before police for questioning
Hyderabad, Former Special Intelligence Bureau chief of Telangana, T Prabhakar Rao, the prime accused in the alleged phone-tapping case on Monday appeared before the police for questioning. Prabhakar Rao, who earlier cited ill health and was believed to be in the United States, landed in Hyderabad on Sunday night. The Supreme Court on May 29 granted interim protection from coercive action to Prabhakar Rao and directed him to appear before the investigating officer. Rao had moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Telangana High Court, which dismissed his anticipatory bail plea. Earlier, a Red Corner Notice was issued against him and his passport was revoked. On May 20, a Hyderabad court issued a proclamation order against Rao in the phone-tapping case. According to the order, Rao may be declared a "proclaimed offender" if he does not appear before the court by June 20. Rao, who was 'absconding' in the case, has been accused of forming a "Special Operations Team" under a suspended DSP within the SIB for carrying out certain specific tasks related to political surveillance to benefit the then ruling political party and its leaders. The suspended DSP of the SIB was among the four police officials arrested by the Hyderabad police since March 2024 for allegedly erasing intelligence information from various electronic gadgets as well as for phone-tapping during the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi regime in Telangana. They were subsequently granted bail. The accused are part of a "conspiracy", in which they allegedly misused the SIB's resources for political purposes by putting citizens from different walks of life under surveillance. Those named as accused in the case, along with others, had allegedly developed profiles of several people in an unauthorised manner and were accused of monitoring them clandestinely and illegally in the SIB and using them in a partisan manner to favour a political party at the behest of some people. They were also involved in a conspiracy to destroy records to cause disappearance of evidence of their crime, police had said.
Hans India
09-06-2025
- Politics
- Hans India
Ex-SIB chief lands in city, to appear before SIT today
Hyderabad: The key accused in the phone tapping case, former Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T Prabhakar Rao arrived in Hyderabad from the United States on Sunday. He is likely to appear before the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Monday. The retired Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, who has been in the US for 14 months, arrived in India as directed by the Supreme Court last week. Responding to the court orders, Prabhakar Rao gave an undertaking to the Supreme Court that he will return to India soon after receiving a one-time entry passport and cooperate with the investigation. The Indian Embassy in the United States also issued an emergency transit warrant to former SIB chief Prabhakar Rao, following orders by the Supreme Court to appear before the inquiry into the phone tapping case. The investigating team already achieved considerable progress in the phone tapping case by questioning the police officials and influential persons including journalists recently. Prabhakar Rao had allegedly constituted a team within SIB with a group of officials, including Praneeth Rao, for surveillance of rival political leaders, their families and dissidents within the ruling party, businessmen, journalists and even judges. The allegations under the previous government of BRS came to light in March last year with the arrest of Deputy Superintendent of Police Praneeth Rao following a complaint from his superior, D Ramesh, Additional SP with the SIB. The police have so far named six accused in the case. Praneeth Rao, Additional SPs Thirupathanna and Bhujanga Rao and former DCP P Radha Kishan Rao were arrested in the case.
Time of India
05-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
Prabhakar Rao likely to return to India on June 9
Hyderabad: Former Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief Prabhakar Rao, prime accused in the phone tapping case, is expected to come to India on June 9 from the US. It is learnt that Rao approached the Indian embassy in the US and is all set to get his passport. The Supreme Court had recently directed authorities to restore his passport to allow him to travel to India. The SC also protected him from arrest, but directed him to return to India within three days of obtaining his travel documents. The passport had been revoked following a request to Centre from Hyderabad police as he had been avoiding questioning by cops by staying in the US citing ill health. Soon after Hyderabad police registered a case of phone tapping in 2024, Rao had fled to the US.
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Business Standard
29-05-2025
- Politics
- Business Standard
SC grants interim protection to former SIB chief in phone tapping case
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted interim protection from coercive action to former chief of Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) in Telangana T Prabhakar Rao, an accused in the phone-tapping case. A bench comprising Justices B V Nagarathna and Satish Chandra Sharma directed Rao to appear before the investigation officer, and said his passport be made available to him. Rao, the key accused in the phone-tapping case, is suspected to be in the US. A Red Corner Notice was issued against him and his passport was revoked, a police official said earlier. The top court also directed Rao to give an undertaking that he would return to India within three days after the receipt of his passport. During the hearing, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta and senior advocate Sidharth Luthra vehemently opposed the plea filed by Rao seeking anticipatory bail. The matter is posted for hearing on August 5. Rao has moved the top court challenging an order of the Telangana High Court which dismissed his plea seeking anticipatory bail. On May 22, a Hyderabad court has issued a proclamation order against Rao in the phone-tapping case. According to the order, Rao may be declared a "proclaimed offender" if he does not appear before the court by June 20. If a person is declared a proclaimed offender, the court can order attachment of properties of the accused. A suspended DSP of SIB was among four police officials who were arrested by Hyderabad Police since March 2024, for allegedly erasing the intelligence information from various electronic gadgets as well as for alleged phone-tapping during the previous BRS regime. They were subsequently granted bail. The accused are part of the alleged conspiracy in which they "misused" the resources of SIB for political purposes by putting citizens from different walks of life under surveillance, police had said. Those named as accused in the case along with others had allegedly developed profiles of several persons unauthorisedly and were accused of monitoring them clandestinely and illegally in SIB and using them in a partisan manner to favour a political party at the behest of some persons and also conspiracy in destroying the records to cause disappearance of evidence of their crimes, police earlier said.
