Hyderabad, March 10 -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 10, granted anticipatory bail to T Prabhakar Rao in connection with the alleged phone tapping case in Telangana, offering him protection from arrest while the investigation continues.

The case relates to allegations of unauthorised phone surveillance that reportedly involved senior police officials. Investigating agencies have been examining claims that a network carried out phone tapping and monitoring activities without the necessary legal authorisation.

Prabhakar Rao questioned on June 11 last year

Prabhakar Rao had earlier appeared before investigators for questioning on June 11 last year, where he was interrogated for nearly seven hours. Officials involved in the probe sta...