Hyderabad, July 9 -- Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) has issued a legal notice to Deccan Chronicle alleging defamation over a report linking him to a high-rise project near Hussain Sagar Lake.

The notice dated Wednesday, July 8, was served to Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited and Managing Director T Vinayak Ravi Reddy.

It says that the report titled 'KTR's 'Landlord' Builds Tower in Hussainsagar' falsely linked the Sircilla MLA to building permissions granted to a private construction project located within the Full Tank Level (FTL) and buffer zone of Hussain Sagar Lake.

The report attempted to associate the project with a farmhouse property at Janwada, and he misused his ministerial position between 20...