Senior Cop Arrested In Telangana Phone Tap Row Makes Big Claim
NDTV
The arrested police officer, Radhakrishna Rao, said "officials involved spoke about ensuring BRS (earlier called Telangana Rashtra Samithi) continued in power".
The snooping case that has erupted in Telangana - which could become a big issue in this month's Lok Sabha election - witnessed further revelations after one of the arrested police officers - Radhakrishna Rao - claimed cash was moved in official vehicles in the 2018 and 2023 Assembly polls.
He gave the Dubbak and Munugode by-polls as examples, and said Rs 3.5 crore had been confiscated from Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy ahead of the latter election. Mr Reddy contested the 2022 Munugode by-poll on a BJP ticket, and lost to the BRS' Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy.
He then jumped to the Congress for the 2023 election and won the seat.
