Phone tapping row: Origins of speculative news reports to be enquired upon
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Phone tapping row: Origins of speculative news reports to be enquired upon

The Hindu  

Officials from the West Zone Police of Hyderabad probing the phone tapping case issued a release stating that an inquiry is being launched to find out the origin of speculative news reports doing rounds in the media. Officials said that such speculative news reports might attempt to create confusion and derail the process of investigation. “The investigation in the case booked by Panjagutta police, related to certain offences committed by some police officers of the Intelligence department and others exploiting official resources meant for lawful duties, is under progress. DCP of West Zone, S. M. Vijay Kumar said, “Lately it is being noticed that certain speculative news is getting reported and circulated in certain sections of the media claiming to be emanating from the investigation.” “A probe is on to find out the origin of and the vested interests, if any, behind such speculative news to prevent any attempts to create confusion and derail the process of investigation.

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Telangana phone-tapping case: Accused appears before police for questioning
3 days, 8 hours ago

Telangana phone-tapping case: Accused appears before police for questioning

Hindustan Times  

Hyderabad, One of the accused in the phone-tapping case appeared before the police here on Saturday after being issued a notice by them. Telangana phone-tapping case: Accused appears before police for questioning Shravan Kumar, who was found absconding and suspected to be in the US, landed in Hyderabad and appeared before the Special Investigation Team after a notice was earlier …

Phone Tapping Case: Prime Accused T. Prabhakar Rao Seeks Anticipatory Bail in HC
1 week, 3 days ago

Phone Tapping Case: Prime Accused T. Prabhakar Rao Seeks Anticipatory Bail in HC

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Phone-tapping prime accused T. Prabhakar Rao, former IGP and chief operating officer of the State Intelligence Bureau during the BRS government tenure, has approached the Telangana High Court seeking anticipatory bail. In his anticipatory bail plea filed before the High Court through his counsel, Rao claimed that the phone-tapping case was lodged with a political motive and the allegations …

Telangana HC grants bail to 2 key accused in phone tapping case
2 months ago

Telangana HC grants bail to 2 key accused in phone tapping case

Hindustan Times  

The Telangana high court on Thursday granted bail to former additional superintendent of police N Bhujanga Rao and former deputy commissioner of police P Radha Kishan Rao in the alleged telephone phone tapping case that rocked the state last year, people familiar with the matter said. Telangana HC grants bail to 2 key accused in phone tapping case Justice K …

Tapgate: Telangana HC reserves order on bail plea of accused
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tapgate: Telangana HC reserves order on bail plea of accused

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Justice K Sujana of Telangana High Court on Wednesday reserved the order on the anticipatory bail petition filed by Aruvela Shravan Kumar, Managing Director of I News and accused No 6 in the phone-tapping case. Kumar, who is seeking protection from arrest, is accused of being involved in the illegal surveillance of political leaders, judges, businessmen and their families …

State submits detailed report on Tapgate probe
6 months, 2 weeks ago

State submits detailed report on Tapgate probe

New Indian Express  

A bench of Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice T Vinod Kumar of the Telangana High Court was on Friday informed that the state government has submitted a report detailing the progress of investigation into the alleged phone-tapping case that has come to be known as “Tapgate”. The bench was hearing a suo motu writ petition alleging the phone tapping …

Telangana government tries to stall court scrutiny of tapping of HC judge’s phone
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Telangana government tries to stall court scrutiny of tapping of HC judge’s phone

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In a surprising move, the Congress government in Telangana has been trying its best to avoid High Court scrutiny of its investigation into the sensational telephone tapping by the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi regime which did not even spare a High Court judge and his family and several advocates from illegal surveillance. Hyderabad police commissioner K. Sreenivasa Reddy urged …

Top SIB Officers Accused of Snooping on Governor and Raj Bhavan Phones
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Top SIB Officers Accused of Snooping on Governor and Raj Bhavan Phones

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Confirming that the BRS government had not obtained permission from the Union ministry of home affairs to intercept telephonic conversations, the Hyderabad police allegedly learnt that the then SIB officers involved in the phone tapping scam did not even spare former Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan’s mobiles and the landlines at Raj Bhavan. The investigators grilled the accused police officers and …

Phone Tapping: Probe Team to Look into SIB Officers-Nayeem Links
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Phone Tapping: Probe Team to Look into SIB Officers-Nayeem Links

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad police, who are probing the phone tapping case, will re-check the diary of slain gangster Mohammed Nayeemuddin suspecting that he had links with those who worked in the Special Intelligence Bureau when BRS was in power. While probing the phone tapping case, the special investigation team officers allegedly found links between Bhujanga Rao and Nayeem. Sources said …

Phone Tapping: Two Former Praneeth Aides Picked Up for Questioning
1 year ago

Phone Tapping: Two Former Praneeth Aides Picked Up for Questioning

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The special team that is probing the phone tapping case on Saturday picked up two former Special Intelligence Bureau inspectors, who had previously worked under prime accused D. Praneeth Kumar, alias Praneeth Rao. Meanwhile, DGP Ravi Gupta issued orders suspending former additional DSP rank officials M. Thirupatanna and N. Bhujanga Rao based on the reports of investigation and SB …

Former DCP of Hyderabad Police Task Force arrested in phone tapping case
1 year ago

Former DCP of Hyderabad Police Task Force arrested in phone tapping case

The Hindu  

The Hyderabad city police officials probing the phone tapping case are focussed on recovering destroyed evidence. About 42 hard drives containing illegally curated profiles of several individuals were destroyed and replaced with new ones on the night of December 4, 2023, the day Bharat Rashtra Samithi lost the Telangana State Assembly Elections, a complaint filed by D. Ramesh, Additional SP …

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words
1 year ago

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Mar 26 The allegations of phone tapping during the previous BRS government in Telangana on Tuesday led to a war of words, with the main opposition party demanding a thorough probe by the Congress government, and the BJP claiming their phones were tapped during the 2019 LS elections. Union Minister and BJP Telangana President G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday …

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words
1 year ago

Telangana Phone tapping case: Political parties indulge in war of words

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad, Mar 26 The allegations of phone tapping during the previous BRS government in Telangana on Tuesday led to a war of words, with the main opposition party demanding a thorough probe by the Congress government, and the BJP claiming their phones were tapped during the 2019 LS elections. Union Minister and BJP Telangana President G Kishan Reddy on Tuesday …

Cong Leader Demands Thorough Probe into Phone-tapping Scam
1 year ago

Cong Leader Demands Thorough Probe into Phone-tapping Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The issue of look out notices against three persons, including former SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao and the arrest of additional DCP-level officers based on the details disclosed by suspended DSP Praneet Rao in the case of phone tapping at the behest of a high-ranking SIB official has created a sensation, G. Niranjan, TPCC vice-president said. As a result, …

Phone tapping case: Accused Praneeth Rao extorted jewellers, realtors
1 year ago

Phone tapping case: Accused Praneeth Rao extorted jewellers, realtors

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: Suspended officer D Praneeth Rao, under the directions of former chief of the Special Intelligence Bureau T Prabhakar Rao and arrested officers Bhujanga Rao and Thirupathanna, reportedly extorted money from 36 businessmen, with a particular focus on famous jewellers, hawala operators, realtors and some other prominent construction company owners. The investigation team is also verifying the data, which have …

Telangana phone tapping case: 14-day remand for two arrested senior police officials
1 year ago

Telangana phone tapping case: 14-day remand for two arrested senior police officials

The Hindu  

As the phone tapping case takes twists and turns opening new gateways into the ‘illegal’ tapping of phones in the previous BRS government, two senior police officers, arrested on Saturday night, were sent to 14 days of judicial custody till April 6. The two arrested officers — Additional DCP of CSW Thirupathanna and Additional SP of Bhupalpally N. Bhujanga Rao …

Phone tapping case: Two more Telangana cops arrested, KCR's party on radar
1 year ago

Phone tapping case: Two more Telangana cops arrested, KCR's party on radar

India Today  

Two more senior police officials were arrested by Hyderabad Police on Sunday in connection with the case of phone tapping and destroying certain computer systems and official data. They were accused of colluding with suspended DSP of the SIB, D Praneeth Rao, who was earlier arrested by Hyderabad police for allegedly erasing intelligence information from various electronic gadgets as well …

Telangana phone tapping case: two more police officials arrested in Hyderabad
1 year ago

Telangana phone tapping case: two more police officials arrested in Hyderabad

The Hindu  

In the latest development in the phone tapping case, the Panjagutta police arrested two Additional Superintendents of Police, identified as Bhujanga Rao and Tirupatanna. Officials close to the investigation said they were accomplices of suspended DSP of the SIB Praneeth Kumar aka Praneeth Rao and were arrested on similar charges. On March 13, Kumar was arrested by Panjagutta police from …

Bhima Koregaon Case: New Report Ties Pune Police With 'Fabricated Evidence'
2 years, 9 months ago

Bhima Koregaon Case: New Report Ties Pune Police With 'Fabricated Evidence'

The Quint  

“We generally don’t tell people who targeted them, but I’m kind of tired of watching. The analyst is employed by an email provider which WIRED had contacted as part of their investigation into the alleged compromising of the devices owned by the accused in the Bhima Koregaon case. While the accused in the case continue to languish in jails, barring …

‘India among nations that hacked phones’: Global media investigation
3 years, 8 months ago

‘India among nations that hacked phones’: Global media investigation

Hindustan Times  

India is among the countries that used Israeli company NSO Group’s Pegasus phone hacking software to potentially target politicians, journalists and activists, an international collaborative investigation involving 17 media organisations including The Guardian, The Washington Post, and Die Zeit said. ‘Govt committed to right to privacy’: India’s response over Pegasus hack The first part of the multi-part investigation, released late …

Phone tapping scandal gives BJP a stick against JD(S)
5 years, 6 months ago

Phone tapping scandal gives BJP a stick against JD(S)

Hindustan Times  

Deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan and state revenue minister R Ashok on Friday went on the offensive against the previous Congress-Janata Dal coalition government, accusing it of tapping the phone of even a Vokkaliga seer. An investigation was launched into this, but was enlarged after disqualified former MLA AH Vishwanath claimed that many politicians’ phones had also been tapped …

Before Snoopgate, cop warned of illegal phone tapping in Gujarat
11 years, 3 months ago

Before Snoopgate, cop warned of illegal phone tapping in Gujarat

Firstpost  

DCP had proposed code for surveillance of call data records, had told home department of rampant and illegal use of phone tapping across the state. Long before the controversy over the use of state surveillance systems to put a 24 x 7 tail on a woman on the instructions of then Gujarat minister of state for home Amit Shah, a …

Troubling questions
11 years, 4 months ago

Troubling questions

The Hindu  

It may well be that the Bharatiya Janata Party’s opponents, particularly the Congress, ought to combat the party ideologically rather than on issues such as surveillance and the tapping of telephone conversations of a young woman. And questions may be raised over how the recordings of conversations between the then Gujarat Minister of State for Home, Amit Shah, and a …

Forensic lab submits report in phone tapping case
11 years, 5 months ago

Forensic lab submits report in phone tapping case

Hindustan Times  

There seems to be no end to the woes of opposition Bharatiya Janata Party as the state forensic laboratory submitted its final report in the infamous phone tapping case to the state anti-corruption and vigilance bureau on Wednesday. After conducting a detailed analysis of the report, sleuths of the vigilance bureau are likely to question officers for their role in …

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