Ex Hyderabad DCP claims KCR issued order to tap phones of BJP leaders to save K Kavitha from Delhi liquor scam: Report

Telangana's former Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao allegedly wanted to use the 2022 MLA poaching case to force BJP to help with bail proceedings of his daughter and MLC K Kavitha in the Delhi liquor scam case, reported ToI.

The snooping confession was mentioned in the confession report of Radha Kishan Rao, former DCP of Hyderabad police's task force who is an accused in the illegal phone tapping case.

Rao in his confessions claimed that the BRS chief and who was then the CM ordered a technical surveillance, which led to a failed attempt by police to arrest senior BJP functionary B L Santhosh. However, the report mentioned that KCR's bid to trap BJP failed as the matter reached Telangana HC, which transferred the case to CBI.


In his confessions, former DCP calls KCR as "peddayana" (elder) and claims that the then CM was upset the plan did not work out. "Peddayana was angry for not completing the 'work' as per his expectation. I will not disclose further details as I owe a lot to Peddayana who had re-appointed me twice and posted me in the city task force after my retirement in 2020," reported ToI quoting the former DCP.

Rao further disclosed that in Octpber last year, then Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) chief T Prabhakar Rao told him that KCR was informed by then Tandur MLA Pilot Rohith Reddy that some persons claiming to be influential in BJP were in touch with him (Rohith Reddy) and were trying to convince him to join the saffron party after leaving BRS along with some other MLAs.

At KCR's request, SIB's (former) deputy SP D Praneeth Rao intercepted the phones of some private persons and the MLA, and submitted an audio clip, Rao revealed in his confession report. The former CM then ordered police to lay a trap and told Rohith to cooperate with the cops. He allegedly asked three more MLAs to be part of the operation.

The Tandur MLA (Rohith Reddy) enticed three persons to come to a farmhouse in Moinabad, the ex-DCP said. The trio was arrested for luring four BRS MLAs to join BJP. "Later, an SIT was formed and KCR wanted to arrest BJP national leader Santhosh to make the case strong, so that BJP would agree to a compromise, and it could be used to get rid of the ED case against his daughter Kavitha," the confession report alleged.

A team of cops, led by SP-rank officer Rema Rajeshwari, took a chartered flight to Kerala, but failed to nab the wanted person, Rao mentioned.

The poaching case later reached the Telangana high court, which stayed the arrest of the accused and handed over the probe to CBI in Dec 2022.

(with ToI inputs)