Hyderabad, Oct. 16 -- The Telangana High Court on Friday, October 16, granted Medicover Hospitals interim protection against defamatory publications amid Bharat Rashtra Samithi's (BRS) allegations that Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy facilitated the conversion of Rs 13,000 crore unaccounted money into legitimate funds through a deal involving the hospital.

On October 3, BRS spokesperson Manne Krishank had demanded an Enforcement Directorate (ED) probe into a Rs 13,200 crore deal between Medicover Hospitals and global investment firm KKR.

He had alleged links between Maxbien Pharma, Medicover Hospitals and individuals connected to the Chief Minister's family and demanded that the ownership structures, shareholdings, investments an...