Hyderabad West Zone police secures seven-day police custody of former Task Force DCP Radha Kishan Rao
The Hindu
Seven-day custody of former DCP of Commissioner’s Task Force in Hyderabad, P Radha Kishan Rao was granted to police.
The Nampally court, on Wednesday, granted seven-day custody of P. Radha Kishan Rao, former DCP of Commissioner’s Task Force, Hyderabad to West Zone police. “We will be taking him into police custody tomorrow morning,” a senior official probing the matter confirmed.
The West Zone Police, on Tuesday, had sought 10 days police custody the Mr. Rao, who is the fourth accused in the phone tapping case.
The seven-day long questioning will be about his involvement in the illegal surveillance of individuals and disappearance of evidence pertaining to the surveillance.
Mr. Rao was arrested on March 29. He was also found to be involved in facilitating movement of cash and gold during the 2023 election season, the officials explained.
The Election Commission of India will hold a press conference on June 3, a day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha polls. Till the 2019 parliamentary polls, deputy election commissioners used to hold media briefings after each phase of polls, but the practice has been done away with.