Hyderabad, Aug. 5 -- The Hyderabad Police are preparing to file a supplementary chargesheet by the end of this month in the Telangana phone tapping case, one of the state's most politically charged investigations, and are considering recording the statement of Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, whose phone was allegedly among those illegally intercepted during the previous Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) government's tenure.

The case was registered on March 10, 2024, under provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act and the Information Technology Act, three months after Congress returned to power, at Punjagutta Police Station. The case alleged that officials of the Special Intelligence Bureau (SIB) ...