Hyderabad, April 26 --  The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the Telangana phone-tapping case has summoned K Shivakumar, Yuga Thulasi Party president and former Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) member, in connection with the case, issuing a formal notice under Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

The notice, issued on Saturday, April 25, by P Venkatagiri, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jubilee Hills Division, directed Shivakumar to appear at the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) in Hyderabad on May 28 at 11 am.

The case, registered at Panjagutta Police Station, invokes multiple sections under criminal breach of trust, causing disappearance of evidence and criminal conspiracy of the Indian Penal C...