Phone tapping case: KCR to be at home for SIT queries

HYDERABAD: Making it clear that the SIT could not legally compel his presence in Hyderabad for examination in the alleged phone-tapping case, former chief minister and BRS supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao told investigators that he would be present at his Nandinagar residence on Sunday at 3 pm for recording of his statement, as he was a responsible citizen.

In his reply to the notice issued by Jubilee Hills ACP P Venkatagiri under Section 160 of the CrPC in connection with Crime No. 243/2024, KCR stated: “Notwithstanding the legal position, I, being a former chief minister of Telangana and present Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, and also as a responsible citizen of this country,