SIT Grills Santosh Kumar On Phone tapping
SIT investigation officer and ACP P. Venkatagiri served a notice on Santosh Kumar under Section 160 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC), and directed him to appear for an inquiry in connection with an ongoing phone-tapping investigation.
By : Syed Omar Farooq
Update: 2026-01-27 09:41 GMT
Hyderabad: The Special Investigating Team (SIT) on Tuesday questioned former BRS MP Joginpally Santosh Kumar, a nephew of former chief minister K. Chandrashekar Rao, for about eight hours at the Jubilee Hills ACP’s office in connection with the illegal phone-tapping case.
Following the SIT’s notice, Santosh Kumar appeared at 3 pm for questioning. The SIT sought more information on the reasons for appointing main accused T. Prabhakar Rao as the special intelligence bureau chief.
Investigators said he was examined as a person acquainted with certain facts and circumstances related to the phone-tapping case. The SIT also asked him whether he knew about the unauthorised phone-tapping.
The former MP is a confidant and nephew of Chandrasekhar Rao. His appearance before the SIT comes days the questioning of senior BRS leader T. Harish Rao on January 20 and BRS working president K.T. Rama Rao on January 23.
Before heading to the SIT office, Santosh Kumar met Rama Rao.
The case pertains to allegations of illegal interception of phones of more than 600 persons, including opposition leaders — among them Revanth Reddy — judges, journalists and film personalities. The main accused in the case is former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao, along with several other police officials, who were earlier arrested for allegedly tampering with and destroying evidence linked to the surveillance operations.