Hyderabad, Nov. 2 -- The phone-tapping case filed by a Congress leader against Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) MLA T Harish Rao has been transferred to Siddipet One Town Police from the Punjagutta Station in Hyderabad.

Gadagoni Chakradhar Goud, the founder of the Farmers First Foundation, filed a complaint on December 1, 2024, alleging that his phone and his wife's phone had been tapped during the 2023 Assembly election.

Based on his complaint, Panjagutta Police registered Crime Number 1205/2024.

Following the transfer on jurisdictional grounds, Siddipet One Town Police registered a fresh FIR (Crime Number 496/2026) on Saturday, October 31.

The FIR names the Siddipet MLA as the prime accused and former Deputy Commissioner of Police Radha...